R94-123 RESOLUTION NO. R94-/,~-.~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING
ACCEPTANCE OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR QUAIL RUN
VILLAS, P.U.D.,ALSO APPROVING THE FORM AND
CONTENT OF THE DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS
FOR QUAIL RUN VILLAS, AND THE MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT, WHICH DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED
HERETO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT "A"; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, upon
recommendation of staff, does hereby accept the Final Plat for Quail Run Villas,
P.U.D.,, and also approves the form and content of the Declaration of Restrictions for
Quail Run Villas, and the Maintenance Agreement, which documents are attached
hereto as composite Exhibit "A".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OFBOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
~ The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida hereby
accepts the Final Plat for Quail Run Villas, P.U.D. and also approves the form and
content of the Declaration of Restrictions for Quail Run Villas and the Maintenance
Agreement, which documents are attached hereto as composite Exhibit "A".
~ This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this x'~ day of July, 1994.
ATTEST:
Cif~ Clerk
CITY OF BOYH'i~ON BE~ACH, FLORIDA
Mayor ~ ~x ~, ~
/--~c~, yor /
Commis~.~r[~"
Finai Plat.
Quail Run.7/13/94
MAI1VFENANCE AGREEMENT
The Party of the First Part, Quail Rim Master Association. inc..
hereinafter r~f'crred to a~ the .~SSOC~ON, hereby agrees and contracts
witla the Party of the 8ccond Part, Ctty of Bolmmn Beach, Florida. here-
Inafter referred to as CITY, that as' consideration for the platting of QUAIL
RUN VILLAS, tt will maintain the following described areas:
LAKE BANK ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF WOOLBRIGHT ROAD -
This is the land area identified on Exhibit 'A' attached hereto. The
Improvemente eubject to "maintenance" include ~he landscaping and
irrigation ~hown on said ext~lblt.
WALL .qlXlD LANDIBCAPING SOUTH SIDI$ OF WOOLBRIGHT ROAD -
This is the area located within the 15' 'Wall/Landscape Maintenance
Easement" immediately adjacent to Woolbright Road and as identified
on the proposed QUAIL RUN VILLAS Plat, A copy of said plat is at-
inched hereto as E.mhlblt 'B'. The Improvements subject to 'mainte-
nance'' include landscaping, tiTlg'~ion, perimeter wall and signage
wall lighting,
LITTORAL ZONE; PLANTING - This ts thc area identified as the dub-
merged planted area three (g) feet tn width located within Tract 9
(Water Management Tract) of the QUAIL LAKE WES'T AND TRACT'3
ONE AND TWO Plat. Tills plantecl area is further Identified on the
landscape plan attached hereto as EXhibit 'C'.
For the purpose of this agreement, MAINTENANCE shall mean the
following:
I. ~ODDED AREA~ - Mowing, trimming and edging, fertilization, tn~ect
arid weed control,
2. TREES, SHRUBS AND GROUNDCOVERS - Pruning, mulching, fertfl-
izatton, insect and weed control.
WALL/SIGNAGE/LIGHTING - Cleaning, repair of stucco cracks,
painting as needed; replacement of light bulbs as needed.
IRRIGATION - Adjustment and replacement of sprinkler heads, lines
and pump equipment as needed.
In the event the ASSOCIATION fails to maintain said items. CIT~'
shall provide writfen notice to the ASSOCIATION. If the ASSOCIATION
falls to respond within forty-five (45) day~ of receipt of written notice, the
CITY shall have the rlght to correct the ma/ntenance deficiencies and bill
lxhe A,55OCIATION for the work completed. CITY shall also have the right
[~ impose a lien cagalnst the ASSOCIATION property ff payment for .*Jae
~,ompleted work Iv not received within thirty {30) days of receipt of Invoice
for said work.
The ASSOCIATION ~hall cause thla agreement to be recorded in the
pubhc record~ of Palm Beach County, Florida.
.?; '~qTNESS WHEREOF, ASSOCL~.TION has hereunto set its band and
seal this day of , , 1994.
ASSOCIATION:
QUAIL RUN ~R A$5OCtATION, INC.
a Florida corporation, not for profit.
Print Ne-me
Print Name
BY:
123 N.'gV. 13~1 5txeet
5ul~c 800
Boca P, aton. Florida 83432
ACF~NOg~LEDGMEh~F
~a~-a~ ~tldent ~i QU~L RUN ~S~R
~ ~ ~nd ~-~ ~c~ ~ ~ __ day o~ . , 1~94
by:
2
~ary Pubhc
D_IL-l~-1994 ~:73 £NGLE uOMES, IN6. 48? ?58 ~945 P.003,'006
: !_L~II
Exhibit 'l'
40? '~'~ 8q4~ P 004/0~G
I
x~_-i]-1994 17:0~ ENGLE HOPIES~ IN.C, 40? 75.~ 6945 P.005,-I~06
3_L-17-1394 17:81 EHGLE ~FdFES, INs'. 40? ?50 6945
'lilt:
'tl,it
ii' :""'
zt~
[,,:Il
'il
I
Exhibit 'C'
CONTRACT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY TItESE PRESENTS:
That Engle Homes/Palm Beach, Inc. (hereinafter called the Principal), as
Principal and Amwest Surety Insurance Company, a surety company
authorized to do business in the State of Florida (hereinafter called the
Surety), as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the City of Boynton
Beach (hereinafter called the City), in the full and just sum of
, to the payment of which sum, well
and truly to be made, the Principal and Surety bind themselves, their
and each of their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
WHEREAS, the Principal has applied to tile City for approval of a certain
Plat known as "Quail Run Villas" (hereinafter called the Project), which
was approved by the City on the Day of , 1994.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH,
That, if the Principal shall and well truly perform the Subdivision
Improvements in accordance with the aforementioned Plat, then this
obligation to be void; otherwise remain in full force and effect.
SIGNED, sealed and dated this
Day of ., 1994.
Engle Homes/Palm Beach, Inc.
Amwest Surety Insurance Company
PREPARED BY:
JEFFREY D. KNEEN, ESQ.
Levy, Kneen, Wiener,
Kornfeld & del Russo, P.A.
1400 Centrepark Boulevard
Suite 1000
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
DRAFT
INDEX
DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS
FOR
QUAIL RUN VILLAS
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Section 7.
Section 8.
Section 9.
"Association"
"Owne r"
"Properties"
"Common Area"
"Unit"
"Declarant"
"Articles and By-Laws"
"Public Records"
"Master Association"
Section 10. "Master Declaration"
Section 11. "Institutional Mortgagee"
ARTICLE II - ANNEXATION, WITHDRAWAL
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Annexation of Declarant.
Annexation by Members.
Withdrawal
Dissolution.
ARTICLE III - PROPERTY RIGHTS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Owners' Easements of Enjoyment
Delegation of Use
ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING.RIGHTS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Membership.
Classes of Membership
ARTICLE V - COVENANT FOR ASSESSMENTS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Section 7.
Payment of Assessments.
Creation of the Lien and Personal
Obligation of Assessments
Commencement of First Assessment.
Establishment of Assessments.
Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments;
Remedies of the Association.
Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages
Loans to Association
ARTICLE VI - MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION OF ASSOCIATION
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Con, on Area
Building Exterior Maintenance
Unit Landscaping
Sprinkler System
Right of Entry by Association
Others
PAGE
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
6
7
7
7
7
7
ARTICLE VII - MAINTENANCE OBLIGA'£ION OF OWNERS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Owner's Responsibility
Owner Liability
ARTICLE VIII - EASEMENT FOR ENCROACIIMENTS
ARTICLE IX - ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Section 7.
Approval Necessary
Membership to Co~l~ittee
Endorsement of Plans
Construction to be in
Conformance with Plans
Deemed Approval
Right of Entry
Declarant Exempt
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
ARTICLE X - RIGiITS OF DECLARANT
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Sales Office
Easements
Alteration of Con. on Area Boundaries
ARTICLE XI - ASSIGNMENT OF POWERS
ARTICLE XII - PROHIBITED USES
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Section 7.
Section 8.
Section 9.
Garbage and Trash
Temporary Structures
Pets
Pools
Boats and Trailers
Vehicles
Signs
Businesses
Sanitation
Section 10. Nuisances
Section 11. Unlawful Use
Section 12. Antennas
Section 13. Residential Use
Section 14. Use
Section 15. Interference with Completion
Section 16. Clothes Lines
Section 17. Fences
Section 18. Water Systems
Section 19. Not applicable to Declarant
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
].2
12
12
12
ARTICLE XIII - ROOF REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT
12
Section 1. Roof 12
Section 2. Arbitration 12
ARTICLE XIV - PARTY WALLS
13
Section 1. General Rules of Law to Apply 13
Section 2. Sharing of Repair and Maintenance 13
Section 3. Destruction by Fire or Other Casualty 13
Section 4. Weatherproofing 13
Section 5. Rights to Contribution Runs with Land 13
Section 6 Arbitration 13
Section 7. Alterations 13
Section 8. Perpetual Use. 13
Section 9. Mortgagees Protections 14
Section 10. Right of Access 14
Section 11. Location of Reconstruction 14
ARTICLE XV - INFORMATION TO LENDERS AND UNIT OWNERS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Records Available.
Financial Statement.
Notices.
Regulations
ARTICLE XIII - INSURANCE
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Units.
Common Areas
Liability Insurance.
Fidelity Bonds.
Purchase of Insurance.
Cost and Payment of Premiums.
ARTICLE XVII - QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE XVIII - CABLE TELEVISION AND SECURITY SERVICE
Section 1.
Section 2.
Cable Television
Security Service
ARTICLE XIX - AMENDMENTS
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
ARTICLE XX - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Enforcement.
Severability.
Notices.
Permits, Licenses and Easements
Leasing of Units
Litigation
17
17
3.7
17
18
18
18
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - Legal Description
EXHIBIT B - Articles of Incorporation of Association
EXHIBIT C - By-Laws of Association
PREPARED BY:
JEFFREY D. KNEEN, ESQ.
Levy, Kneen, Wiener,
Kornfeld & del R~sso, P.A.
1400 Centrepa~k Boulevard
Suite 1000
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS
FOR
QUAIL RUN VILLAS
THIS DECLARATION, made by ENGLE HOMES/PALM BEACH, INC., a
Florida corporation, whose address is Suite 300, 123 N.W. 13th
Street, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, hereinafter referred to as
"Declarant";
WIiEREAS, Declarant is the owner of certain property in Palm
Beach County, Florida, more particularly described in EXHIBIT A
affixed hereto and made a part hereof, and is desirous of subjecting
such real property to tile covenants, conditions and restrictions
hereinafter set forth, each and all of which are for the benefit of
such property and each present and future owner and shall apply to
and bind every present and future owner of said property and their
heirs, successors and assigns; and,
NOW, TtiEREFORE, Declarant hereby declares that the real
property described in EXliIBIT A is and shall be held, transferred,
sold, conveyed, used and occupied subject to the covenants,
conditions and restrictions hereinafter set forth:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1. "Association" shall mean and refer to QUAIL RUN
VILLAS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., its successors and assigns.
Section 2. "Owner" shall mean and refer to the record owner,
whether one or more persons or entities, of a fee simple title to
any Unit including contract sellers, but excluding those having such
interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation.
Section 3. "Properties" shall mean and refer to that certain
'real property described in EXIIIBIT A affixed hereto and made a part
hereof, and such additions thereto as may hereafter be brought
within the jurisdiction of the Association.
Section 4. "Common Area" shall mean all real property (and
interests therein and improvements thereon) and personal property
owned or leased by or dedicated to the Association for the common
use and enjoyment of the owners. Initially, the Common Area shall
consist of Streets, Easements and Tracts dedicated to the
Association in the "Quail Run Villas" plat recorded ill Plat
Book ~, Page , Palm Beach County, Florida.
Section 5. "Unit" shall mean each platted lot upon the
Properties on which a single family, residential dwelling is
constructed by Declarant and conveyed by recorded deed to a
purchaser thereof (unless otherwise specifically stated to the
contrary in such deed). Once a Unit is so created, no further
resubdivision shall be permitted. It is anticipated that buildings
will be constructed containing multiple Units, separated by Party
Walls (See Article XIV hereof for Party Wall provisions).
1038d/0065d:l
Section 6. "Declarant" shall mean and refer
Homes/Palm Beach, Inc., a Florida corporation, its
successors and assigns as set forth in ARTICLE XI hereof.
to Engle
specific
Section 7. "Articles and By-Laws". It is intended that
Articles of Incorporation for the Association be filed with the
Florida Secretary of State, substantially in the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT B, and By-Laws for the Association be adopted
substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT C.
Section 8. "Public Records" shall mean the public records of
Palm Beach County, Florida, as recorded in the Clerk of the Circuit
Court's office thereof.
Section 9. "Master Association" shall mean and refer to
QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., a not-for-profit Florida
corporation, which was created for the purpose of administering the
operation and management of all the common areas within Quail Run,
located in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, and to
undertake such acts and duties as more specifically set forth in the
Master Declaration. Please refer to Article XVII of this
Declaration for more information pertaining to the Master
Association.
Section 10. "Master Declaration" shall mean and refer to the
Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions, Easements and Liens for
Quail Run recorded in Official Records Book 5509, Page 198, as
amended, in the Public Records ()f Palm Beach County, Florida.
Section 11. "Institutional Mortgagee" shall mean a bani{,
savings and loan association, insurance company, real estate or
mortgage investment trust, pension fund, an agency of the United
States Government, a mortgage banker, any other lender generally
recognized as an institutional type-lender, or Declarant, holding a
mortgage on a Unit.
ARTICLE II
ANNEXATION AND WITHDRAWAL
Section 1. Annexation of Declarant. Until such time as
Class B Membership in the Association has ceased pursuant to the
provisions of ARTICLE IV hereof, additional residential property
and/or Common Area may be annexed to the Properties with the consent
and approval of Declarant. Except for applicable governmental
approvaIs, no consent from any other party, including Class A
members, or any mortgagees of any Units shall be required. Such
annexed lands shall be brought within the scheme of this Declaration
by the recording of a short form Notice of Declaration that shall be
executed by Declarant in the Public Records. The short form of
Declaration shall refer to this Declaration and shall, unless
specifically otherwise provided, incorporate by reference all the
terms, protective covenants and conditions of this Declaration,
thereby subjecting said annexed lands to such terms, covenants,
conditions and restrictions as fully as though said annexed lands
were described herein as a portion of the properties. Such Notice
of Declaration may contain such additions or modifications of the
covenants and restrictions contained in this Declaration as may be
necessary to reflect the different character, if any, of the added
land and as are not inconsistent with the scheme of this
Declaration. In no event, however, shall such a Notice of
Declaration revoke, modify or add to the covenants established by
this Declaration as to the Properties.
Section 2. Annexation by Members. At such time as Class B
Membership has ceased pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE IV
hereof, additional lands may be annexed with the consent of
two-thirds (2/3rds) of the vote of the membership in the Association
and applicable governmental approvals.
t038d/0065d:2
Section 3. Withdrawal. For a period of five years from the
date of recordation of this Declaration, the Declarant shall be
entitled to withdraw any portion of the Properties which are
described in Exhibit A affixed hereto (or any additions thereto
which may be annexed in accordance with tile provisions of Section 1
of this Article II) from the provisions and applicability of this
Declaration and the Articles and By-Laws attached hereto, by record-
ing a notice thereof in the Public Records; provided, however, that
this right of Declarant to withdraw shall not apply to any portions
of the Properties which have been conveyed to a Purchaser thereof
unless said right is specifically reserved in such conveyance. The
withdrawal of any portion of the Properties as hereinabove stated
shall not require the consent or joinder of any other party,
including any Owner, the Association, or any Mortgagee of the
Properties, provided applicable governmental approvals are obtained.
Section 4. Dissolution. In the event of the dissolution of
the Association, other than incident to a merger or consolidation,
any Member may petition the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial
Circuit of the State of Florida for the appointment of a receiver to
manage the affairs of the dissolved Association and to manage tile
Properties, in the place and instead of tile Association, and to make
such provisions as may be necessary for the continued management of
the affairs of the dissolved Association and the Properties.
ARTICLE III
PROPERTY RIGtITS
Section 1. Owners' Easements of Enjoyment. Every Owner
shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Co~muon
Area for its intended purpose, which shall be appurtenant to and
shall pass with the title to every Unit, subject to the following
provisions:
(a) The right of tile Association to suspend the
voting rights and right to use all or a portion of the Common Area
by an Owner for any period during which any assessment against his
Unit remains unpaid and for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days
for any infraction of its published rules and regulations; provided,
however, that an Owner may not be denied access, ingress, or egress
to his Unit. In the event of such suspension, Owner shall not be
entitled to any abatement or reduction in assessments due tile
Association.
(b) The right of the Association to dedicate or
transfer all or any part of the Co~,~on Area to any public agency,
authority, or utility for such purposes and subject to such condi-
tions as may be agreed to by the members. No such dedication or
transfer shall be effective without consent of two-thirds (2/3) of
the votes of the Association, and without prior written consent of
Declarant.
(C) Rules and regulations adopted by tile Association
governing use and enjoyment of the Common Area.
(d) The right of the Association to grant permits,
licenses, and easements over the Co~on Area for utilities, roads,
and other purposes reasonably necessary or useful for the proper
maintenance or operation of the Properties.
Section 2. Delegation of Use. Any Owner may delegate by
written instrument to the Association his right of enjoyment to the
Common Area and facilities to specified members of his family, his
tenants, or contract purchasers who reside on the property.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGIITS
Section 1. Membership. Every Owner of a Unit shall be a
member of tile Association. Membership shall be appurtenant to and
may not be separated from ownership of any Unit.
1038d/0065d:3
Section 2. Classes of Membership.
have two classes of voting membership:
The Association
shall
Class A. Class A members shall be all Owners and
shall be entitled to one vote for each Unit owned. When more than
one person holds an interest in any Unit, all such persons shall be
members. The vote for such Unit shall be exercised as they
determine, but in no event shall more than one vote be cast with
respect to any Unit.
Class B. The Class B members shall be the Declarant
and shall be entitled to two hundred fifty (250) votes. The Class B
membership shall cease on the happening of one of the following
events, whichever occurs earlier:
(a) Four (4) months after 75% of the Units that
will be ultimately operated by the Association have been conveyed to
U~%it purchasers; or,
(b) Five (5) years following conveyance of the
first Unit in the Properties to a Unit purchaser; or,
(c) Such earlier date as Declarant may
determine.
ARTICLE V
COVENANT FOR ASSESSMENTS
Section 1. Payment of Assessments. The Declarant hereby
covenants, creates and establishes, and each Owner of a Unit, by
acceptance of a deed or instrument of conveyance for the acquisition
of title in any manner, shall hereafter be deemed to have covenanted
and agreed to pay to the Association the following dues, fees,
charges and assessments, subject to the provisions of Section 3 of
this ARTICLE V:
(a) Any annual assessment or charge for the purpose
of operating the Association and accomplishing any and all of its
purposes including but not limited to assessments due to the Master
Association as more specifically set forth in Article XVII hereof.
The Association may include "Reserves" in the annual assessment in
order to establish and maintain an adequate reserve fund for the
periodic maintenance, repair and replacement of improvements to the
Common Area. Such assessments shall be in equal amounts against the
Owners of each Unit.
(b) Any Common special assessments for capital
improvements to the Common Area, emergencies, or non-recurring
expenses of the Association which shall be in equal amounts against
the Owners of each Unit.
(c) Individual special assessments to each applicable
Unit, as determined by the Association, for maintenance of dwelling
exteriors and roofs as set forth in Articles VI, XIII, and XIV
hereof and for any special charges to be paid by an Owner, as
hereinafter set forth.
(d) Charges incurred in connection with the
enforcement of any of the terms and conditions hereof, including
reasonable attorney fees and costs.
(e) Fees or charges that may be established for the
use of facilities or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the
Board of Directors of the Association.
Section 2. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of
Assessments. The Declarant, for each Unit owned within the
Properties hereby covenants, and each Owner of any Unit by
acceptance of a deed or instrument of conveyance for the acquisition
of title in any manner, whether or not it shall be so expressed in
1038d/0065d:4
such deed or instrument, is deemed to covenant and agree that the
annual and special assessments, Or other charges and fees set forth
in Section 1 hereof, together with interest, late fees, costs, and
reasonable attorneys' fees, shall be a charge on the land and shall
be a continuing lien upOn the Unit against which each such
assessment is made. The lien is effective from and after recording
a Claim of Lien in the Public Records, stating the description of
the Unit, name of the Owner, amount due and the due dates. Each
such assessment, together with interest, late fees, costs, and
reasonable attorneys' fees, shall also be the personal obligation of
tile person who was the Owner of such property at the time when the
assessment fell due, as well as his heirs, devisees-and personal
representatives.
Section 3. Col~nencement of First Assessment. Assessments
provided herein shall first commence as to each Unit on the day of
the conveyance of title of each Unit by Declarant (unless otherwise
specifically set forth by Declarant in such conveyance to the
contrary). The annual assessments in effect at that time shall be
adjusted according to the number of months remaining in the calendar
year after such date.
Section 4. Establishment of Assessments. The Board of
Directors of the Association shall approve and establish all sums
which shall be payable by the members of the Association in
accordance with tile following procedures:
(a) Annual assessments against the Owners of all of
the Units shall be established after tile adoption of an operating
budget, and written notice of the amount and date of commencement
thereof shall be given to each Owner not less than thirty (30) days
in advance of the date thereof. Annual assessments shall be payable
at such time or times as the Board of Directors shall direct which
shall be monthly until otherwise directed.
(b) Special Assessments against the Owners and all
other fees, dues and charges, including assessments for the creation
of reasonable reserves, may be established by the Board of Directors
at any regular or special meeting thereof, and shall be payable at
such time or times as the Board of Directors shall direct.
(c) The Board of Directors may, from time to time,
establish by a resolution, rule or regulation, or may delegate to an
officer or agent, the power and authority to establish specific
fees, dues.or charges to be paid by Owners of Units for any special
or personal use of facilities, or to reimburse the Association for
the expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of
the terms of this Declaration. Such sums shall be payable by the
affected member at such time or times as shall be established by the
resolution, rule or regulation of the officer or agent.
(d) The Association shall prepare a roster of tile
Units and assessments applicable thereto which shall be kept in the
office of the Association and shall be open to inspection by any
Owner. The Association shall, upon demand, furnish an Owner liable
for said assessment, a certificate in writing signed by an officer
of the Association, setting forth whether the assessment has been
paid and/or the amount which is due as of any date. As to parties
without knowledge of error, who rely thereon, such certificates
shall be conclusive evidence of payment or partial payment of any
assessment therein stated having been paid or partially paid.
(e) Declarant may establish a Working Capital Fund
for the initial months of operation of the Association, which shall
be collected by tile Declarant from each Unit Purchaser at the time
of conveyance of each Unit to such Purchaser in an amount equal to
two months of the annual assessment for each Unit. Each Unit's
share of the Working Capital Fund shall be collected and transferred
to the Association at the time of closing of the sale of each Unit
and for the use and benefit of the Association. The purpose of this
fund is to assure that the Association's Board of Directors will
have cash available to meet expenditures, or to acquire additional
1038d/0065d:5
equipment or services deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of
Directors. Amounts paid into the fund are not to be considered as
advance payme,]t of regular assessments. In the event that, during
the startup of the Association, the Association does not have
adequate working capital to meet its expenses, the Declarant may,
but is not obligated to, advance funds on behalf of the Association
and to be reimbursed by the Association from such Working Capital
Fund.
Section 5. Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments;
Remedies of the Association. If any assessment is not paid within
thirty (30) days after the due date, a late fee of $25.00, beginning
from the due date, may be levied by the Board of Directors for each
month the assessment is unpaid. The Association may at any time
thereafter bring an action at law against the Owner personally
obligated to pay the same, and/or foreclose the lien against the
property. The Association shall not be required to bring such an
action if it believes that the best interests of the Association
would not be served by doing so. There shall be added to the
assessment all costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees,
required to collect same. No Owner may waive or otherwise escape
liability for the assessments provided for herein by non-use of the
Common Area or abandonment of his Unit.
Section 6. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages. As
hereinabove provided in Section 2, the lien of the Association for
assessments and other charges of the Association becomes effective
from and after recording of a Claim of Lien in the Public Records.
This lien of the Associatiou shall be subordinate to a first
mortgage on any Unit or to a mortgage by an Institutional Mortgagee
on any Unit, which mortgage is recorded in the Public Records prior
to any said Claim of Lien against the same Unit being recorded
tile Public Records. A lien for assessments shall not be affected by
any sale or transfer of a Unit; provided, however, that in the event
of a sale or transfer pursuant to a foreclosure of a first mortgage,
a foreclosure of a mortgage held by an Institutional Mortgagee, or a
deed in lieu of foreclosure of a first mortgage or of a mortgage
held by an Institutional Mortgagee, the acquirer of title, his
successors and assigns, shall not be liable for assessments
pertaining to the Unit or chargeable to the former owner of the Unit
which became due prior to such sale or transfer. However, any such
unpaid assessments for which such acquirer of title is not liable,
may be reallocated and assessed to all Units (including such
acquirer of title) as an Association expense. Any such sale or
transfer pursuant to a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure
shall not relieve the Purchaser or Transferee of a Unit from
liability for, nor the Unit from the lien of, any assessments made
thereafter. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as
releasing the party liable for any delinquent assessments from the
payment thereof, or the enforcement of collection by means other
than foreclosure.
Sectin 7. Loans to Association. In the event that the
Association does not have sufficient cash available to meet its
expenses, the Board of Directors of the Association is authorized to
borrow money from Declarant, who may, in its sole discretion, loan
money to the Association for such purposes. In the event of such a
loan, the Association shall repay such loans to the Declarant at
such time as the cash flow of the Association so permits. In the
event of such a loan, it may be evidenced by a promissory note
executed by Association, bearing a reasonable interest rate, and
other terms as mutually agreed by Declarant and Association.
ARTICLE VI
MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION OF ASSOCIATION
Section 1. Common Area. The Association shall at all times
maintain, repair and replace at its expense all Common Areas,
including all landscaping and other improvements placed thereon, in
good condition and repair.
1038d/0065d:6
Section 2. Building Exterior Maintenance. Each of the Units
are contained in a multi-unit building, as originally constructed by
Declarant. The Board of Directors of the Association shall
determine, from time to time, at its sole discretion, when the
exterior surfaces of an entire building, and/or any attached fences,
should be repainted or refinished; and when the roof of an entire
building should be cleaned or the roofing materials repaired or
replaced. At such time, the Association shall so inform each of tile
Unit Owners within that building, together with a notice of an
Individual special assessment wherein the costs for such maintenance
for that building are shared equally by all the Owners of Units in
such building. Such maintenance services shall be contracted by the
Association and the Unit Owners shall not interfere with such
maintenance services. All other maintenance, repair and replacement
of improvements of a Unit shall be the obligation of the Owner
thereof.
Section 3. Unit Landscaping. The Association shall maintain'
all landscaping, vegetation, grass, plants, trees and the like upon
each Unit. If any of tile foregoing landscaping upon a Unit requires
replacement, it shall be at the expense of the Owner of such Unit.
In the event that a fenced-in privacy area is constructed and
attached to a Unit, adequate access to this privacy area [nay be
provided to enable the Association to perform this maintenance, but
if none is so provided, then the Association shall not be
responsible for providing any maintenance within this privacy area,
and the Owner thereof shall have all such responsibility and not be
entitled to claim any abatement of any portion of the annual
assessment by the Association due to such situation. If the
installation of fencing by an Owner increases the cost to the
Association of performing landscape maintenance upon the Unit, then
the Board of Directors may cause such Owner to pay such increases as
an individual special assessment.
Section 4. Sprinkler System. The sprinkler system is the
property of, and the responsibility of, the Association. The
Association shall maintain the sprinkler system located in the
Common Area and on every Unit in good condition and repair. The
Association shall be entitled to enter upon all Units for purposes
of maintaining and operating the sprinkler system. An Owner shall
not interfere with repair, maintenance or operation of the sprinkler
system on his Unit.
Section 5. Right of Entry by Association. Whenever it is
necessary to enter a Unit, or the dwelling thereon, for the purpose
of inspection, including inspection to ascertain an Owner's
compliance with the provisions of this Declaration, or for
performance of any maintenance, alteration or repair to any portion
of the dwelling or improvements upon the Unit, the Owner thereof
shall permit an authorized agent of the Association to enter such
dwellings, or go upon the Unit, provided that such entry shall be
made only at reasonable times. In the case of emergency such as,
but not limited to, fire or hurricane, entry may be made at any
time. Each Owner does hereby appoint the Association' as its agent
for the purposes herein provided and agrees that the Association
shall not be liable for any alleged property damage or theft caused
or occurring on account of any entry.
Section 6. Others. The Association may, as determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors, maintain vegetation,
landscaping and/or sprinkler system upon areas which are not within
the Properties but near the same and are owned by a utility or
governmental authority, so as to enhance the appearance of the
Properties, such as swale areas or median areas within the right of
way of abutting public streets, roads and areas within drainage
canal rights of ways or other abutting waterways.
1038d/0065d:7
ARTICLE VII
MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION OF UNIT OWNERS
Section 1. Owner's Responsibility. Each Unit Owner is
responsible for the repair, maintenance and/or replacement at his
expense of all portions of the dwelling and other improvements
constructed on his Unit except for the maintenance duties of the
Association as hereinabove provided. Accordingly, each Owner shall
maintain at his expense the interior of the dwelling, including but
not limited to, all doors (except the exterior surface thereof),
windows, glass, screens, electric panels, electric wiring, electric
outlets and fixtures, heaters, hot water heaters, refrigerators,
dishwashers and other appliances, drains, plumbing fixtures and
connections and all air conditioning equipment. Further, each Owner
shall maintain at his expense all structural, electrical, mechanical
and plumbing elements thereof. Owner is strictly prohibited from
performing any maintenance duties of the Association without prior
consent from the Board of Director and Architectural Committee,
including the painting and cleaning of the exterior surfaces of the
walls (except for windows and screens), roof or fence located on a
Unit, and is prohibited, without said consent, from planting any
additional landscaping.
Section 2.
following:
Owner Liability.
Should any Owner do any of the
(a) Fail to perform the responsibilities as set forth
in Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII; or,
Association
replace; or,
(b)
has
Cause any damage to any improvement which the
the responsibility to maintain, repair and/or
(c) Undertake unauthorized improvements or
modifications to his dwelling or to any other portion of his Unit or
to the Common Area, as set forth herein.
· he Association, after approval of two-thirds (2/3rds) vote
of the Board of Directors and ten days prior written notice, shall
have the right, through its agents and employees, to enter upon said
Unit and cause the required repairs or maintenance to be performed,
or as the case may be, remove unauthorized improvements or
modifications. The cost thereof, plus reasonable overhead costs to
the Association, shall be an individual special assessment to the
subject Owner and his Unit.
ARTICLE VIII
EASEMENT FOR ENCROACHMENTS
In the event that any dwelling or other improvement upon a
Unit or upon Common Area, as originally constructed by Declarant,
shall encroach upon any Unit or improvement thereon, or upon the
Con~on Area, then an easement appurtenant to such shall exist for so
long as such encroachment shall naturally exist.
ARTICLE IX
ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE
Section 1. Approval Necessary. The provisions hereof are in
addition to the Architectural Control provisions in Article 12 of
the Master Declaration. No building, outbuilding, garage, fence,
wall, retaining wall, or other structure of any kind shall be
erected, constructed, placed or maintained on the Properties, nor
shall any dwelling or other improvements on each Unit, as originally
constructed and provided by Declarant, be altered, changed, repaired
or modified unless prior to the commencement of any work thereof,
two complete plans and specifications therefor, including, as
applicable, front, side and rear elevations, and floor plans, and
two plot plans indicating and fixing the exact location of such
1038d/0065d:8
improvements, structures or such altered structure on the Unit with
reference to the street and side lines thereof, shall have been
first submitted in writing for approval and approved in writing by
an Architectural Committee. The foregoing prior approval is
intended to specifically apply to the painting of a dwelling or any
other maintenance or repair which changes the exterior appearance of
a dwelling or other i,]~provements on a Unit.
Section 2. Membership to Co~nittee. The Architectural
Co~ranittee shall, until their successors are appointed, consist of
the following:
Mark Bidwell
Greg Pillen
Dawn McCaffrey
Until such time as Declarant's Class B membership
expires as provided in Article IV hereof, in the event of the
resignation, failure, refusal or inability of any member to act,
Declarant shall have the right to appoint a person to fill such
vacancy, and in the event Declarant fails to fill such vacancy
within thirty (30) days of such occurrence, and upon the expiration
of said Class B membership, the Board of Directors shall select and
fill any such vacancy by appointment for a term as determined by the
Board.
Section 3. Endorsement of Plans. Approval of plans,
specifications and location of improvements by the Architectural
Committee shall be endorsed on both sets of said plans and
specifications, and one set shall forthwith be returned by the
Architectural Co~nittee to the person submitting the same. The
approval of the Architectural Committee of plans or specifications
submitted for approval, as herein specified, shall not be deemed to
be a waiver by the Architectural Co~nittee of the right to object to
any of the features or elements embodied in such plans or
specifications if and when the same features and elements are
embodied in any subsequent plans and specifications submitted for
approval for use on other Units.
Section 4. Construction to be in Conformance with Plans.
After 'such plans and specifications and other data submitted have
been approved by the Architectural Committee, no building,
outbuilding, garage, fence, wall, retaining wall, or other
improvements or structures of any kind shall be erected,
constructed, placed, altered or maintained upon the Properties
unless the same shall be erected, constructed or altered in
conformity with the plans and specifications and plot plans
theretofore approved by the Architectural Committee.
Section 5. Deemed Approval. After the expiration of one
year from the date of completion of any structure or alteration,
such structure or alteration shall be deemed to comply with all of
the provisions of this ARTICLE IX unless notice to the contrary
shall have been recorded in the Public Records, or legal proceedings
shall have been instituted to enforce such compliance.
Section 6. Right of Entry. Any agent or member of the
Architectural Committee may at any reasonable time enter and inspect
any building or property subject to the jurisdiction of the
Architectural Committee under construction or on or in which the
agent or member may believe that a violation of the covenants,
..... restrictions, reservations, servitudes or easements is occurring or
has occurred.
Section 7. Declarant Exempt. The Declarant, Units owned by
Declarant and improvements made by Declarant shall be exempt from
the application of this ARTICLE IX and Declarant therefore is not
obligated to comply with the provisions hereof.
103Bd/0065d:9
ARTICLE X
RIGHTS OF DECLARANT
Section 1. Sales Office. For so long as the Declarant owns
any property affected by this Declaration the Declarant shall have
the right to transact any business necessary to consummate sales of
any said property or other properties owned by Declarant, including
but not limited to, tile right to maintain model dwellings, have
signs on any portion of the Properties, employees iu the offices,
use the Col~l~on Area and show dwellings. Sales Office signs and all
items pertaining to sales shall remain the property of the Declarant.
Section 2. Easements. For a period of fifteen (15) years,
commencing upon the recordation of this Declaration, Declarant
reserves the right to grant, in its sole discretion, easements for
ingress and egress, for drainage, utilities service, cable TV and/or
CATV service and other similar purposes over, upon and across the
Properties so long as any said easements do not run under any
dwellings on the Units nor interfere with the intended uses of any
portion of the Properties.
Section 3. Alteration of Common Area Boundaries. For so
long as Declarant owns any property affected by this Declaration,
Declarant shall have the right to alter Common Area boundaries to
enable the movement or enlargement of residential dwellings to be
constructed upon the Properties. Alteration of the boundaries of
the Common Area shall be accomplished by the recording of a Notice
thereof executed by Declarant and recorded in the Public Records,
which Notice shall contain a survey of the affected area attached
thereto. Such notice and the alteration of Common Area boundaries
shall not require the consent or joinder of any other party,
including any Owner, the Association or any Mortgagee of the
Properties, provided applicable governmental approvals are
obtained. In the event of such alteration .of such Common Area
boundaries, and if requested by Declarant, the Association shall
execute such Statutory Warranty Deeds of Conveyance, conveying all
of its right, title and interests in such portions of Co~on Areas
as is necessary to accomplish the objectives of the Declarant. No
exercise of the rights hereunder by the Declarant shall materially
and adversely interfere with any Owner's rights of use of the
residential facilities or ingress or egress to his Unit.
ARTICLE XI
ASSIGNMENT OF POWERS
Ail or any part of the rights and powers and reservations of
the Declarant herein contained may be deeded, conveyed, or assigned
to other persons or entities by an instrument in writing duly
executed, acknowledged and recorded in the Public Records.
ARTICLE XII
PROHIBITED USES
The following use restrictions are in addition to the use
restrictions which are set forth in Article XI of the Master
Declaration. This Association shall have the right to enforce all
of such use restrictions, as well as all other provisions thereof,
as set forth in the Master Declaration, and the use restrictions
hereinafter set forth.
Section 1. Garbage and Trash. Ail garbage cans, trash
containers, bicycles and other personal property shall be kept,
stored and placed in an area not visible from outside the dwelling.
Each Owner shall be responsible for properly depositing his garbage
and trasll in garbage cans and trash containers sufficient for
pick-up by the appropriate authorities.
1038d/0065d:10
Section 2. Temporary Structure. No temporary or permanent
utility or storage shed, building, tent, structure or improvement
shall be constructed, erected or maintained without the prior
approval of the Architectural Committee.
Section 3. Pets. No animals, livestock or poultry of any
kind shall be permitted within the Property except for co~mtlon
household domestic pets. No pit bull dogs are permitted. Any pet
must be carried or kept on a leash when outside of a Unit or fenced
or walled-in area. No pet shall be kept outside of a Unit unless
someone is present in the Unit. Any pet must not be an unreasonable
nuisance or annoyance to other residents of the subject Property.
~ ~Any resident shall pick up and remove any solid animal waste
deposited by his pet on the Property, except for designated pet-walk
areas, if any. No commercial breeding of pets is permitted within
the Property. The Association may require any pet to be immediately
and permanently removed from the Property due to a violation of this
Paragraph.
Section 4. Pools. No swi~ing pool, jacuzzi or similar
structure or appurtenant equipment shall be constructed, erected or
maintained on any Unit, such that it is visible from any street
without prior approval of the Architectural Committee.
Section 5. Boats and Trailers. The parking and storage of
boats, boat trailers, campers or trailers or the like is prohibited
without the prior written consent of the Association, unless fully
enclosed and stored within a garage upon a Unit.
Section 6. Vehicles. Only automobiles, vans constructed as
private passenger vehicles with permanent rear seats and side
windows, and other vehicles manufactured and used as private
passenger vehicles, may be parked within the Property overnight
without the prior written consent of the Association, unless kept
within an enclosed garage. In particular and without limitation, no
vehicle shall be parked outside of a Unit overnight without the
prior written consent of the Association if commercial lettering or
~ ' signs are painted to or affixed to the vehicle, or if commercial
equipment is placed upon the vehicle, or if the vehicle is a truck,
recreational vehicle, camper, trailer, or other than a private
passenger vehicle as specified above. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, automobiles owned by governmental law enforcement
agencies are expressly permitted. The foregoing restrictions shall
not be deemed to prohibit the temporary parking of commercial
vehicles while making delivery to or frown, or while used in
connection with providing services to, the Property. All vehicles
parked within the Property must be in good condition, and no vehicle
which is unlicensed or which cannot operate on its own power shall
remain within the Property for more than 24 hours, and no major
repair of any vehicle shall be made on the Property. Motorcycles,
motorsc0oters, mopeds, and tile like are not permitted except with
the prior written consent of the Association which may be withdrawn
at any time, and if permitted must be equipped with appropriate
noise muffling equipment so that the operation of same does not
create an unreasonable annoyance to the residents of the Property.
Section 7. Signs. No signs, except as approved by the
Architectural Committee, shall be placed, erected or displayed on
any Unit, provided, however, a "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign no
larger than eighteen (18) inches by eighteen (18) inches shall be
permissible.
Section 8. Businesses. No trade or business
conducted, nor any commercial use made of any Unit.
shall be
Section 9. Sanitation. Ail Units shall be kept in a clean
and sanitary manner and no rubbish, refuse or garbage allowed to
accumulate, or any fire hazard allowed to exist.
Section 10. Nuisances. No nuisance shall be allowed upon any
Unit or any use or practice that is a source of annoyance to other
Unit Owners or interferes with the peaceful possession and proper
use of the Units by the residents thereof.
1038d/0065d:ll
Section 11. Unlawful Use. No improper, offensive or unlawful
use shall be made of any Unit and all valid laws, zoning ordinances
and regulations of all. governmental bodies having jurisdiction shall
be strictly observed.
Section 12. Antennas.
poles, antennas or aerials
maintained.
No television or radio masts, towers,
may be erected, constructed, or
Section 13. Residential Use. Each Unit is restricted to
residential use as a single family residence by the Owner or Owners
thereof, their in~ediate families, guests and invitees, or their
lessees.
Section 14. Use. No person shall use the Unit or any parts,
thereof, in any manner contrary to this Declaration.
Section 15. Interference with Completion. No Owner nor the
Architectural Co,~ittee, nor their use of any Units, shall interfere
with the Declarant's completion and sale of the Units.
Section 16. Clothes Lines. No clothes, linens, or the like,
shall be hung on clothes lines or in any other manner, outside of a
dwelling such that the same is visible from any street.
Section 17. Fences. No fence, or other improvement, shall be
erected upon a Unit which is deemed by the Association to interfere
with the common sprinkler system upon the Properties, or which
interferes with the landscape maintenance performed by the
Association, thereby increasing the amount of trimming or edging
required to be done, or increase in any other manner the cost of
maintenance of the landscaping by the Association, unless otherwise
specifically agreed to in writing by the Association.
Section 18. Water Sytems.
shall be permitted on any Unit.
No individual water supply system
Section 19. Not Applicable to Declarant. The above
restrictions set forth in this ARTICLE XII shall not apply to
Declarant or its agents, employees, successors or assigns during the
period of construction and sales of the Properties.
ARTICLE XIII
ROOF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
Section 1. Roof. It is contemplated that the roof of each
building constructed upon the Units will extend over all of the
dwellings in each building and shall be a common roof. In the event
that a portion of a roof requires repair or replacement pursuant to
ARTICLES VI and VII hereof, then the cost thereof in excess of
insurance proceeds, if any, shall be shared prorata by the Owners of
the Units over which that portion of the roof to be repaired or
replaced is situated; provided, however, that in the event that
damage or destruction is confined to the roof area wholly within the
dimensions of a single Unit, cost of repair and replacement thereof
which is in excess of insurance proceeds, if any, shall be paid by
the Owner of said single Unit. If the damage or destruction of
adjacent roof areas is caused by the negligence or willful
misconduct of any one Owner, such negligent Owner shall bear the
entire cost of repair or replacement, in excess of insurance
proceeds. If any Owner shall neglect or refuse to perform the
maintenance as required in this Declaration or pay his share, or all
of such cost, as the case may be, any other affected Owner may have
such roof repaired or replaced and shall be entitled to file in the
Public Records a lien on the Unit of the other Owner so failing to
pay for the amount of such defaulting Owner's share of the repair or
replacement cost plus attorneys' fees and costs, which may be
foreclosed in the same manner as a lien of a mortgage. If an Owner
shall give, or shall have given a mortgage or mortgages upon his
Unit, then the mortgagee shall have the full right at his option to
exercise the rights of his mortgagor as an Owner hereunder and, in
addition, the right to add to the outstanding balance of such
mortgage any amounts paid by the mortgagee for repairs hereunder and
not reimbursed to said mortgagee by the Owners.
1038d/0065d:12
Section 2. Arbitration. In the event of any dispute arising
under the provisions of this Article, any party may request the
Board of Directors to settle the dispute, and the Board's decision
shall be binding, provided, however, that the Board may elect not to
act in this capacity, in which case each party shall choose an
arbitrator and such arbitrators shall choose one additional
arbitrator, and the decision shall be a majority of all the
arbitrators and shall be binding.
ARTICLE XIV
PARTY WALLS
Section 1. General Rules of Law to Apply. Each wall which
is built as a part of the original construction of the dwellings
(including fences, if any) upon the Properties and placed on the
dividing line between the Units shall constitute a party wall, and,
to tile extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article,
the general rules of law in the State of Florida regarding party
walls and liability for property damage due to negligence or willful
acts or omissions shall apply thereto.
Section 2. Sharing of Repair and Maintenance. The cost of
reasonable repair and maintenance of a party wall shall be shared
equally by the Owners of the Units abutting same except as otherwise
may be provided in ARTICLE VI hereof as to the Association's
responsibilities.
Section 3. Destruction by Fire or Other Casualty. If a
party wall is destroyed or damaged by fire or other casualty, any
Owner of an adjoining Unit may restore it, and in the event the cost
thereof is in excess of the insurance proceeds, the Owners of the
other adjoining Unit shall contribute equally to pay such excess
without prejudice, however, to the right of any such Owner to call
for a larger contribution from the others under any rule of law
regarding liability for negligent or willful acts or omissions.
Section 4. Weatherproofing. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article, an Owner who by his negligent or willful
act causes the party wall to be exposed to the elements shall bear
the whole cost of furnishing the necessary protection against such
elements.
Section 5. Rights to Contribution Runs With Land. The right
of any Owner to contribution from any other Owner under this Article
shall be appurtenant to the land and shall pass to such Owner's
successors in title. If any Owner shall neglect or refuse to pay
his share under the provisions of this Article, any other affected
Owner is entitled to file a lien in the Public Records on the Unit
of the defaulting Owner in the amount of such share plus attorneys'
fees and costs, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as a lien
of a mortgage.
Section 6. Arbitration. In the event of any dispute arising
concerning a party wall, or under the provisions of this Article,
any party may request the Board of Directors to settle the dispute,
and the Board's decision shall be binding, provided, however, that
the Board may elect not to act in this capacity, in which case each
party shall choose an arbitrator and such arbitrators shall choose
one additional arbitrator, and the decision shall be a majority of
all the arbitrators and shall be binding.
Section 7. Alterations. The Owner of any Unit sharing a
party wall with an adjoining Unit shall not possess the right to cut
windows or other openings in the party wall, nor make any
alterations, additions or structural changes in the party wall
without consent from the Owner of such adjoining Unit.
Section 8. Perpetual Use. Each common wall to be
constructed on the dividing line between the Units is to be and
remain a party wall for the perpetual use and benefit of the
respective owners thereof, their heirs, assigns, successors and
1038d/0065d:13
grantees, said Units being conveyed subject to this condition and
this condition shall be construed to be a covenant running with the
land in perpetuity.
Section 9. Mortgagees Protections. So long as there shall
be a mortgage or mortgages upon any Units, the provisions of this
ARTICLE XIV shall not be modified, abandoned, or extinguished as to
that Unit without the consent of such mortgagee. If a Unit Owner
shall give or shall have Given, a mortgage or mortgages upon his
Unit, then the Mortgagee shall have the full right at his option to
exercise the rights of his mortgagor as an Owner hereunder and in
addition, the right to add to the outstanding balance of such
mortgage any amounts paid by the mortgagee for repair hereunder and
not reimbursed to said mortgagee by the Unit Owner.
Section 10. Right of Access. In the event repairs or
reconstruction shall be necessary, all necessary entries on the
adjacent Units shall not be deemed a trespass so long as the repairs
and reconstruction shall be done in a workmanlike manner and consent
is hereby given to enter on the adjacent Unit to effect necessary
repairs and reconstruction.
Section 11. Location of Reconstruction. Whenever a party
wall or any part thereof shall be rebuilt, it shall be erected in
the same manner and at the same location where it shall initially be
constructed and shall be the same size and of the same or similar
materials and of like quality.
ARTICLE XV
INFORMATION TO LENDERS AND UNIT OWNERS
Section 1. Records Available. The Association shall make
available to Unit Owners and to holders, insurers, or guarantors of
any first mortgage on any Unit, current copies of this Declaration
of Restrictions, the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the
Association, other rules concerning these Properties and the books,
records and financial statements of the Association. "Available"
means available for inspection, upon request, during normal business
hours or under other reasonable circumstances.
Section 2. Financial Statement. Any holder of a first
mortgage upon a Unit shall be entitled, upon written request, to a
financial statement of the Association for the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
Section 3. Notices. Upon written request to the Association
by a holder, insurer, or guarantor of any first mortgage of a Unit
(hereinafter referred to as "Lender"), which written request shall
identify the name and address of the Lender and the Unit number and
address thereof, the Lender will be entitled to timely written
notice of:
(a) Any condemnation loss or casualty loss which
affects a material portion of the Properties, or any Unit on which
there is a first mortgage held by the Lender;
(b) Any delinquency in the payment of assessments or
charges owed by an Owner of a Unit subject to a first mortgage held
by the Lender, which remains uncured for a period of sixty (60) days;
(c)
Of any insurance
Association;
Any lapse, cancellation or material modification
policy or fidelity bond maintained by the
(d) Any proposed action which would
consent of a specified percentage of mortgage holders.
require the
Section 4. Regulations. There shall automatically be
incorporated as part of this Declaration, and, where applicable, the
Articles and Bylaws of the Association, any and all provisions which
now or hereafter may be required under tile regulations or guidelines
of FNMA, FHLMC, GNMA, VA and FtiA so as to make any first mortgage
1038d/0065d: 14
encumbering a Unit eligible for purchase by FNMA, FHLMC or GNMA, and
eligible under VA or FHA, and such provisions shall supersede any
conflicting matters contained in this Declaration, the Articles or
Bylaws, except to the extent compliance with any regulation or
guideline is waived by FNMA, FHLMC, GNMA, VA or FHA. Should FNMA,
FHLMC, GNMA, VA or FHA require an amendment to this Declaration, the
Articles or Bylaws, then such amendment may be made and filed by the
Declarant or Association without regard to any other provisions
herein contained regarding amendments, and without any requirement
of securing the consent of any Unit Owner.
ARTICLE XVI
INSURANCE
Section 1. Units. Insurance for fire and other casualties
for Units is the responsibility of each Owner of a Unit. The
Association has no obligation whatsoever regarding Unit insurance.
Section 2. Common Areas. The Association shall purchase and
maintain a policy of property insurance covering all the Common
Areas (except land, foundation, excavation and other items normally
excluded from coverage) and any common personal property and
supplies. This insurance policy shall afford, as a minimum,
protection against loss or damage by fire and other perils normally
covered by a standard extended coverage endorsement, as well as all
other perils which are customarily covered with respect to projects
similar in construction, location and use, including all perils
normally covered by the standard "all risk" endorsement, where such
is available. This policy shall be in an amount equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of current replacement cost of the Common
Areas, exclusive of land, foundation, excavation and other items
normally excluded from coverage. The policies may not be cancelled
or substantially modified without at least ten (10) days' prior
written notice to the Association. The Association shall also
obtain, if reasonably available, the following special
endorsements: "Agreed Amount" and "Inflation Guard Endorsement".
Section 3. Liability Insurance. The Association shall
maintain comprehensive general liability insurance coverage covering
all the Common Area. The coverage shall be at least for One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for bodily injury, including deaths of
persons and property damage arising out of a single occurrence.
Coverage shall include, without limitation, legal liability of the
insured for property damage, bodily injuries and deaths of persons
in connection with the operation, maintenance or use of the Common
Area, and legal liability arising out of lawsuits related to
employment contracts of the Association. Such policies must provide
that they may not be cancelled or substantially modified by any
party, without at least ten (10) days' prior written notice to the
Association.
Section 4. Fidelity Bonds. The Association shall maintain a
blanket fidelity bond for all officers, directors, trustees and
employees of the Association, and all other persons handling or
responsible for funds of or administered by the Association. In the
event the Association delegates some or all of the responsibility
for tile handling of the funds to a management agent, such bonds are
required for its officers, employees and agents, handling or
responsible for funds of, or administered on behalf of the
Association. The amount of the fidelity bond shall be based upon
best business judgment and shall not be less than the estimated
maximum of funds, including reserve funds, in custody of the
Association or the management agent, as the case may be, at any
given time during the term of each bond. However, in no event may
the aggregate amount of.such bonds be less than an amount .equal tO
three months aggregate assessments on all Units, plus reserve
funds. The fidelity bonds required herein must meet the following
requirements:
(a) Fidelity bonds
Association as an obligee.
shall name the
1038d/0065d:15
(b) The bonds shall contain waivers by the
insurers of tile bonds of all defenses based upon
the exclusion of persons serving without
compensation from the definition of "employee", or
similar terms or expressions;
(c) The premiums on all bonds required
herein for the Association (except for premiums on
fidelity bonds maintained by a management agent,
or its officers, employees and agents), shall be
paid by the Owner's Association as a co~mmon
expense;
(d) The bond shall provide that they may
not be cancelled or substantially modified
(including cancellation for non-payment of
premium) without at least ten (10) days' prior
written notice to the Association.
Section 5. Purchase of Insurance. Ail insurance purchased
pursuant to this ARTICLE X¥I shall be purchased by the Association
for the benefit of the Association, the Owners and their respective
mortgagees, as their interest may appear, and shall provide for the
issuance of certificates of insurance and mortgagee endorsements to
Owners and any or all of the holders of institutional first
mortgages. The policies shall provide that the insurer waives its
rights of subrogation as to any claims against Owners and the
Association, their respective servants, agents and guests. Each
Owner and the Association hereby agree to waive any claim against
each other and against other Owners for any loss or damage for which
insurance hereunder is carried where the insurer has waived its
rights of subrogation as aforesaid.
Section 6. Cost and Payment of Premiums. The Association
shall pay the cost of obtaining the insurance required hereunder.
ARTICLE XVII
QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
This Association is a "Sub-Association" as that term is
defined in the Master Declaration. This Association, all Members of
this Association and all Owners hereunder, are subject to the terms
and provisions of the Master Declaration. All Owners of Units shall
be Members of the Master Association and may participate in the
affairs of the Master Association in accordance with the Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Master Association which are
attached as exhibits to the Master Declaration. This Association is
responsible for the timely collection and remittance to the Master
Association of all assessments by the Master Association. All
Members of the Master Association have the right to use and the
benefit of all common areas held by the Master Association. The
Board of Directors of this Association shall appoint one or more
Members to act as this Association's representative on the Board of
Directors of the Master Association; the number of Members who are
to be so appointed shall be in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Master Association.
ARTICLE XVIII
CABLE TELEVISION AND SECURITY SERVICE
Section 1. Cable Television. The Board of Directors of the
Association is authorized to negotiate and enter into a bulk
contract for the provision of cable television services to the
Properties, under such terms and conditions as the majority of the
Board of Directors deems appropriate in its discretion. The costs
of basic cable television service to be provided under such bulk
contract shall be added to the Operating Budget of the Association
and shall be a portion of the annual assessment payable by the
1038d/0065d:16
Owners of all Units in this Association. The provision of premium
cable services to each Unit shall be determined by each individual
Unit Owner, as each such Unit Owner determines, and the costs for
such premium services shall be borne directly by such Unit Owner.
Section 2. Security Service. The Board of Directors of this
Association is authorized to negotiate and enter into a contract for
the provision of security monitoring service, or other security
services, under such terms and conditions as the majority of the
Board of Directors deems appropriate in its sole discretion. The
costs of such security services shall be a portion of the annual
assessment and be included in the assessments of each owner of a
'~Unit. If so requested, all Owners shall execute a waiver of
liability agreement to the provider of the monitoring system service.
ARTICLE XIX
AMENDMENTS
The covenants and restrictions of this Declaration shall run
'with and bind the Properties, for a term of twenty (20) years from
the date this Declaration is recorded, after which time they shall
be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years.
This Declaration may be amended at any time, and from time to time
by one of the following methods:
Section 1. Until such time that Class B Membership in
the Association terminates, by a vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors at a duly called meeting of the Board of Directors, and
evidenced by a certification thereof by the Secretary of the
Association and recorded in the Public Records; or
Section 2. By a majority vote of Owners at a duly
called meeting of the members at which a quorum is present as
evidenced by a certification thereof by the Secretary of the
Association and reCorded in the Public Records; or
Section 3. By the execution and recordation in the
Public Records of an instrument executed by Owners who are entitled
-- to vote a majority of all of the votes of the Association.
Section 4. Notwithstanding any of the above, for such
time that Declarant owns one or more Units, Declarant's written
consent must first be obtained. The Declarant shall have the right
at any time within five (5) years from the date hereof to amend this
Declaration to correct scrivener's errors or to clarify any
ambiguities determined to exist herein. No amendment shall alter
the subordination provisions of this Declaration without the prior
approval of any mortgagee enjoying such protection.
ARTICLE XX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Enforcement. The Association, or any Owner,
shall have the ri§bt to enforce, by any proceeding at law or
equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens
and charges now or hereafter imposed by the provisions of this
Declaration. Failure by the Association or by any Owner to enforce
any covenant or restriction herein contained shall in no event be
deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. In any such suit
the prevailing party shall also be entitled to recovery of all costs
and expenses including court costs and attorneys' fees.
Section 2. Severability. Invalidation of any one of these
covenants or restrictions by judgment or court order shall in no
wise affect any other provisions which shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 3. Notices. Any notice required to be sent to any
Owner under the provisions of this Declaration shall be deemed to
1038d/0065d:17
have been properly sent when mailed, postpaid, to the last known
address of the person who appears as Owner on the records of the
Association at the time of such mailing.
Section 4. Perlaits, Licenses and Easements. The Association
shall have the right to grant permits, licenses and easements over,
upon, across, under and through the Common Areas for utilities,
roads and other purposes reasonably necessary or useful for the
proper maintenance and operation of the Properties, as so determined
by the Board oC Directors of the Association.
Section 5. Leasing of Units. In the event an Owner leases
his Unit, such lease shall contain a covenant that the Lessee
acknowledges that the Unit is subject to this Declaration of
Restrictions and is familiar with tile provisions hereof, and the
uses and restrictions contained herein, and agrees to abide by all
such provisions. In the event a lease of a Unit does not contain
language to the effect of the foregoing, then the Association may
declare the lease void and take such further action as the
Association deems applicable, including a "removal action" against
the tenant and the Unit Owner. All costs and expenses of the
foregoing shall be the cost and expense of such Unit Owner. The
Owner shall be liable and fully responsible for all acts of his
Lessee and responsible for the compliance of the Lessee of all
provisions of this Declaration.
Section 6. Litigation. No judicial or administrative
proceeding shall be colmuenced or prosecuted by the Association
unless approved by eighty percent (80%) of all the votes entitled to
be cast by all of the Owners. This Section shall not apply,
however, to (a) actions brought by the Association to enforce the
provisions of this Declaration (including, without limitation, the
foreclosure of liens), (b) the imposition and collection of
assessments as provided in Article V hereof, (c) proceedings
involving challenges to ad valorem taxation, (d) counterclaims
brought by the Association in proceedings instituted against it, (e)
in an emergency where waiting to obtaining the approval of the
Owners creates a substantial risk of irreparable injury to the
Association or to Owners or to the property thereof, or (f)
defending a lawsuit instituted against the Association. This
Section shall not be amended unless such amendment is made by the
Declarant or is approved by the percentage votes, and pursuant to
the same procedures, necessary to institute proceedings as provided
above.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Declarant
hereunder, has hereunto set its hand and seal this day
of , 1994.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of:
DECLARANT:
ENGLE HOMES/PALM BEACH, INC., a
Florida corporation
Print name:
By
Its President
Print Name:
Print name:
(CORPORATE SEAL)
1038d/0065d:18
STATE OF FLORIDA )
)SS:
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an officer duly
authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, personally
appeared to me known to be the President
of ENGLE HOMES/PALM BEACH, INC., the corporation in whose name the
foregoing instrument was executed, and that he acknowledged
executing the same for such corporation, freely and voluntarily,
under authority duly vested in him by said corporation, and that the
seal affixed thereto is the true corporate seal of said corporation,
that he is personally known to me or that I relied upon the
following form of identification of the above-named
person: ·
WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State
last aforesaid this day of , 1994.
(NOTARY SEAL)
NOTARY PUBLIC
Printed Notary Signature
1038d/0065d:19
EXIIIBIT A TO DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS FOR
QUAIL RUN VILLAS
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
All the lands within the Plat of "Quail
Run Villas" in accordance with the Plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book
Page, Public Records of Palm
Beach County, Florida.
1038d/0065d:20
BY-LAWS
OF
QUAIL RUN VILLAS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE I
NAME AND LOCATION
The name of the corporation is QUAIL RUN VILLAS HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., hereinafter referred to as the "Assooiation".
The initial principal office of the corporation shall be located at
Suite 300, 123 NW 13th Street, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 but
meetings of members and Directors may be held at such places within
the State of Florida, as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
The definitions of words as defined in the Declaration of
Restrictions for Quail Run Villas as recorded in the Public Records
of Palm Beach County, Florida, are incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof.
ARTICLE III
MEETING OF MEMBERS
Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the
members shall be held at least once each calendar year on a date and
at a time to be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the
members may be called at any time by the President or by the Board
of Directors, or upon written request of the members who are
entitled to vote one-fourth (1/4) of all of the votes of the
Association.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each
meeting of the members shall be given by, or at the direction of,
the Secretary, or person authorized to call the meeting, by mailing
a copy of such notice, postage prepaid, at least fifteen (15) days
before such meeting (provided, however, in the case of an emergency,
four (4) days' notice will be deemed sufficient) to each member
entitled to vote thereat, addressed to the member's address last
appearing on tile books of the Association, or supplied by such
member to the Association for the purpose of notice. Such notice
shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in' the
case of a special meeting, the purpose of the meeting.
Section 4. Quorum. The presence at the meeting of members
entitled to cast, or of proxies entitled to cast, one-third (1/3rd)
of tile votes of the Association shall constitute a quorum for any
action, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of
Incorporation, the Declaration, or these By-Laws. If, however, such
quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting, the
members entitled to vote thereat shall have power to adjourn the
meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement
at the meeting, until a quorum as aforesaid shall be present or be
represented.
Section 5. Proxies. Members may vote in person, or by proxy
as permitted by Section 617.306 of the Florida Not-for-Profit
Corporation Act.
EXIIIBIT "C" TO DECLARATION
0906b/0034b:l
ARTICLE IV
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SELECTION:
TERM OF OFFICE
Section 1. Number and Term. The number of Directors and
term of office of each shall be as set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
Section 2. Removal. At such time as the members of the
Assooiation are permitted to elect Directors, any Director may be
removed from the Board with or without cause, .by a majority vote of
the members of the Association. In the event of death, resignation
or removal of a Director, his successor shall be selected by the
remaining members of the Board and shall serve for the unexpired
term of his predecessor.
Section 3. Compensation. No Director shall receive
compensation for any service he may render to the Association.
However, any DireCtor may be reimbursed for his actual expenses
incurred in the performance of his duties.
Section 4. Action Taken Without a Meeting. The Directors
shall have the right to take any action in the absence of a meeting
which they could take at a meeting by obtaining the written approval
of all the Directors. Any action so approved shall have the same
effect as through taken at a meeting of the Directors.
ARTICLE V
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At such time as members of the Association are permitted to
elect Directors, the nomination and election of Directors shall be
conducted as follows:
Section 1. Nomination. Nomination for election to the Board
of Directors shall be made by a Nominating Committee. Nominations
may also be made from the floor at the annual meeting. The
Nominating Committee shall consist of a Chairman, who shall be a
member of the Board of Directors, and two (2) or more members of the
Association. The Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the
Board of Directors at least sixty (60) days prior to each annual
meeting of the members to serve until the close of that annual
meeting. The Nominating Committee shall make as many nominations
for election to the Board of Directors as it shall, in its
discretion, determine, but not less than the number of vacancies
that are to be filled.
Section 2. Election. Election to the Board of Directors
shall be by secret written ballot, unless unanimously waived by all
members present. At such election the members or their proxies may
cast, in respect to each vacancy, as many votes as they are entitled
to exercise under the provisions of the Declaration. The persons
receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected. Cumulative
voting is not permitted.
ARTICLE VI
MEETING OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board
of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such place and hour
as may be fixed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board.
Should said meeting fall upon a legal holiday, then that meeting
shall be held at the same time on the next day which is not a legal
holiday.
Section 2. Special Meetings.. Special meetings of the Board
of Directors shall be held when called by the President of the
Association, or by any two (2) Directors after not less than three
(3) days' notice to each Director.
0906b/0034b:2
Section 3. Quorum. A majority of the number of Directors
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Every
act or decision done or made by a majority of the Directors present
at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
regarded as the act of the Board.
Section 4. Open to Owners. Meetings of Board of Directors
shall comply with Section 617.303 of the Florida Not-for-Profit
Corporations Act. According to the provisions thereof, meetings of
the Board of Directors shall be open to all Owners, and notices of
meetings shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the Association
property at least' 48 hours in advance, except in an emergency.
Notice of any meeting in which assessments against Units are to be
established shall specifically contain a statement that assessments
shall be considered and a statement of the nature of such
assessments.
ARTICLE VII
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers. The Board of Directors shall have the
powers reasonably necessary to operate and maintain the Association,
including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Adopt and publish rules and regulations governing
the use of the Common Areas and facilities, and the personal conduct
of the members and their guests thereon, and to establish penalties
and/or fines for the infraction thereof;
.(b) Suspend the voting rights and right of use of the
common Area of a member during any period in which such member shall
be in default in the payment of any assessment levied by the
Association. Such rights may also be suspended after notice and
hearing, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for infraction
of published rules and regulations;
(c) Exercise for the Association all powers, duties
and authority vested in or delegated to this Association and not
reserved to the membership by other provisions of these By-Laws, the
Articles of Incorporation or the Declaration;
(d) Declare the office of a member of the Board of
Directors to be vacant in the event such member shall be absent from
three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the Board of Directors.
(e) Employ a manager, an independent contractor, or
such other employees as they deem necessary, prescribe their duties
and delegate any or all of the duties and functions of the
Association and/or its officers; and
Section 2. Duties. It shall be the duty of the Board of
Directors to cause the Association to perform the purposes for which
it was formed, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Cause to be kept a complete record of all its
acts and corporate affairs and to present a statement thereof to the
members at the annual meeting of the members;
(b) Cause to be kept minutes of all meetlngs of
members and of the Board of Directors and cause to be maintained the
official records of the Association pursuant to Section 617.303 of
the Florida Not-for-Profit Corporations Act.
this Association,
performed;
Supervise all officers, agents and employees of
and to see that their duties are properly
(d) As more fully provided in the Declaration, to fix
the amount of the annual assessment against each Unit. and send
notice thereof to every Owner at least thirty (30) days in advance
of each annual assessment period;
0906b/OO34b:3
(e) Issue, or to cause an appropriate officer to
issue, upon demand by any person, a certificate setting forth
whether or not an assessment has been paid. A reasonable charge may
be made by the Board for the issuance of these certificates. If a
certificate states an assessment has been paid, such certificate
shall be conclusive evidence of such payment;
(f) Procure and maintain such insurance as deemed
necessary by the Board of Directors;
(g) Cause all officers or employees having fiscal
responsibilities to be bonded, as required by the Declaration;
(h) Perform all other duties and responsibilities as
provided in the Declaration.
ARTICLE VIII
OFFICERS AND TIIEIR DUTIES
Section 1. Enumeration of Offices. The officers of this
Association shall be a President and Vice-President, who shall at
all times be members of the Board of Directors, a secretary, and a
treasurer, and such other officers as the Board may from time to
time by resolution create.
Section 2. Election of Officers. The elect~on of officers
shall take place at the first meeting of the Board of Directors
following each annual meeting of the members.
Section 3. Term. The officers of this Association shall be
elected annually by the Board and each shall hold office for one (1)
year unless he shall sooner resign, or shall be removed, or
otherwise disqualified to serve.
Section 4. Special Appointments. The Board may elect such
other officers as the affairs of the Association may require, each
of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and
perform such duties as the Board may, from time to time, determine.
Section 5. Resignation and Removal. Any officer may be
removed from office with or without cause by the Board. Any officer
may resign at any time giving written notice to the Board, the
President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect on
the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified
therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 6. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled
by appointment by the Board. The officer appointed to such vacancy
shall serve for the remainder of the term of the officer he replaces.
section 7. Multiple Offices. The offices of Secretary and
Treasurer may be held by the same person. No person shall
simultaneously hold more than one of any of the other offices except
in the case of special offices created pursuant to Section 4 of this
Article.
Section 8. Duties. The duties of the officers are as
follows:
PRESIDENT
(a) The President shall preside at all meetings of the
members and Board of Directors; shall see that orders and
resolutions of the Board are carried out; shall sign all leases,
mortgages, deeds and other written instruments and shall co-sign all
checks and promissory notes.
(b) The Vice-President shall act in the place and stead of
the President in the event of his absence, inability or refusal to
act, and shall exercise and discharge such other duties as may be
required of him by the Board.
0906b/0034b:4
sECRETARY
(c) The Secretary shall record the votes and keep the
minutes of all meetings and proceedings of the Board and of the
members; keep the corporate seal of the Association and affix it on
all papers requiring said seal; serve notice of meetings of the
Board and of the members; keep appropriate current records showing
the members of the Association together with their addresses, and
shall perform such other duties as required by the Board.
TREASURER
(d) The Treasurer shall receive and deposit ill appropriate
bank accounts all monies of 'the Association and shall disburse such
funds as directed by resolution of the Board of Directors; shall
sign all checks, and promissory notes of the Association; keep
proper books of account; and shall prepare an annual budget and a
statement of income and expenditures to be presented to the
membership at its regular annual meeting, and deliver a copy of each
to the members.
ARTICLE IX
COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors shall fill any vacancies on the
Architectural Committee for a term as the Board determines, as
provided in the Declaration, and appoint a Nominating Committee, as
provided in these By-Laws. In addition, the Board of Directors
shall appoint other committees as deemed appropriate in carrying out
its purpose.
ARTICLE X
BOOKS AND RECORDS
The books, records and papers of the Association shall at all
times, during reasonable business hours, be subject to inspection by
any member. The Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation and the
By-Laws of the Association shall be available for inspection by any
member at the principal office of the Association, where copies may
be purchased at a reasonable cost.
ARTICLE XI
ASSESSMENTS
As more fully provided in the Declaration, each member is
obligated to pay to the Association annual and special assessments
which are secured by a continuing lien upon the property against
which the assessment is made. Any assessments which are not paid
when due shall be delinquent. If the assessment is not paid within
thirty (30) days after the due date, a late fee of $25.00, beginning
from the due date, may be levied by the Board of Directors for each
month the assessment is late, and the Association may bring an
action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same
and/or foreclose the lien against the property, and interest, costs,
and reasonable attorneys, fees incurred by the Association in
connection with collection and/or appeal shall be added to the
amount of such assessment. No Owner may waive or otherwise escape
liability for the assessments provJlded for herein by non-use of the
Common Area or abandonment of his Unit.
ARTICLE XII
CORPORATE SEAL
The Association shall have a seal in circular form having
within its circumference the words: QUAIL RUN VILLAS HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., a Corporation Not 'For Profit, together with the
year of incorporation.
0906b/O034b:5
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended, altered or
rescinded at a regular or special meeting of the members, by a vote
of a majority of a quorum of members present in person or by proxy
provided, however, until such time that Class B membership in the
Association ceases, as set forth in the Declaration and Articles of
Incorporation of the Association, these By-Laws may be amended by a
majority of the Directors.
Section 2. In the case of any conflict between the Articles
of Incorporation and these By-Laws, the Articles shall control; and
in the case of any conflict between the Declaration and these
By-Laws, the Declaration shall control.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first
day of January and end on the 31st day of December of every year,
except that the first fiscal year shall begin on the date of
incorporation.
ARTICLE XV
FINES
SECTION 1. In the event of a violation (other than the
non-payment of an assessment) by a Unit Owner of any of the
provisions of the Declaration, the Articles or these By-Laws, or the
Rules and Regulations adopted pursuant to any of same, as the same
may be amended or added to from time to time, and in addition to the
means for enforcement provided elsewhere herein, the Association
sha%l have the right to assess fines against a Unit Owner or its
lessees, in the manner provided herein, and such fines shall be
collectible as any other assessment, so that the Association shall
have a lien against each Unit for the purpose of enforcing and
collecting such fines, as provided in the Declaration.
(a) The Board of Directors shall appoint a Covenants
Enforcement Committee which shall be charged with determining
whether there is probable cause that any of the provisions of the
Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation, these By-Laws, and the
Rules and Regulations of the Association, governing the use of the
Common Areas and facilities, and the personal conduct of the members
and their guests and lessees are being or have been violated. In
the event that the Covenants Enforcement Committee determines an
instance of such probable cause, it shall report same to tile Board
of Directors. The Board of Directors shall thereupon provide
written notice to the person alleged to be in violation, and to the
Owner of the Unit which that person occupies if that person is not
the Owner, of the specific nature of the alleged violation and of
the opportunity for a hearing before the Board of Directors upon a
request therefor made within fifteen (15) days of the sending of the
notice. The notice shall also specify, and it is hereby provided,
that each recurrence of the alleged violation or each day during
which it continues shall be deemed a separate offense, subject to a
separate fine not to exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for each
offense. The notice shall further specify, and it is hereby
provided, that in lieu of requesting a hearing, the alleged violator
or Unit Owner may respond to the notice, within fifteen (15) days,
acknowledging in writing that the violation occurred as alleged and
promising that it will henceforth cease and will not recur, and that
such acknowledgment and promise, and performance in accordance
therewith, shall terminate further enforcement activity of the
Association with regard to the violation.
0906b/OO34b:6
(b) If a hearing is timely requested, the Board of
Directors shall hold same, and shall hear any defense to the charges
of the Covenants Enforcement Committee, including any witnesses that
the alleged violator, the Unit Owner, or the Covenants Enforcement
Committee may produce. Any party at the hearing may be represented
by counsel.
(c) Subsequent to any hearing, or if no hearing is
timely requested and if no acknowledgment and promise is timely
made, the Board of Directors shall determine whether there is
sufficient evidence of the alleged violation. If the Board so
determines, it may levy a fine for each violation in an amount not
to exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars.
(d) A fine pursuant to this section shall be assessed
against the Unit which the violator occupied at the time of the
violation, whether or not the violator is an Owner of that Unit, and
shall be collectible in the same manner as any other assessment,
including by the Association's lien rights as provided in the
Declaration. Ally fines which are not paid when due, as determined
by the Board, shall be delinquent. If the fine is not paid within
thirty (30) days after the due date, a late fee of Fifteen ($15.00)
Dollars, beginning from the due date, may be levied by the Board of
Directors for each month the fine remains unpaid. The person
obligated to pay the fine shall also be charged interest at the
highest rate permitted by law and costs and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the Association in connection with collection
and/or appeal shall be added to the amount of such fine. No'thing
herein shall be construed to interfere with any right that a Unit
Owner may have to obtain from a violator occupying his Unit payment
in the amount of any fine or fines assessed against that Unit.
(e) Nothing herein shall be construed as a
prohibition of or a limitation on the right of the Board of
Directors to pursue other means to enforce the provisions of the
~eclarat~on Articles of Incorporation, these By-Laws and Rules and
Regulations, including but not limited to legal action for damages
or injunctive relief.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, being all of the directors of QUAIL
RUN VILLAS ASSOCIATION, INC., have hereunto set our hands this
day of , 1994. "
MARK BIDWELL
GREG PILLEN
DAWN McCAFFREY
0906b/O034b:7
STATE OF FLORIDA )
)ss:
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an officer duly
authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, personally
appeared MARK BIDWELL, GREG PILLEN, DAWN McCAFFREY, known to me to
be the persons described in the foregoing instrument, who
acknowledged before me that they exeouted the same, that they are
personally known to me or I relied upon the following form of
identification of the above-named persons:
WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State
last aforesaid this day of , 1994.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
0906b/O034b:8
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
QUAIL RUN VILLAS IIOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
(A Corporation Not For Profit)
In compliance with the requirements of the Laws of the State
of Florida, the undersigned hereby associate themselves together for
the purpose of forming a corporation not for profit and do hereby
certify:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is QUAIL RUN VILLAS HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., hereinafter called the "Association".
ARTICLE II
The street address of the initial principal office and the
initial Registered Office of the Association is Suite 300, 123 NW
13th Street, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 and the name of the
Registered Agent is John Kraynick.
ARTICLE III
Ail definitions in the Declaration of Restrictions for Quail
Run Villas ("Declaration") as recorded in the Public Records of Palm
Beach County, Florida, are incorporated herein by reference and made
a part hereof.
ARTICLE IV
PURPOSE OF THE ASSOCIATION
This Association does not contemplate pecuniary gain or
profit to the members thereof, and the specific purposes for which
it is formed are to provide for operation, maintenance and
preservation of the Units and Common Area, and improvements thereon,
as more specifically described in the Declaration, for the real
property (and any additions thereto) described in the Declaration,
and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the members of the
Association, to the exten't described in the Declaration.
ARTICLE V
POWERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
The Association shall have all the powers
reasonably necessary to operate and maintain the
including, but not limited to, the following:
and duties
Association,
(a) Exercise all of the powers and privileges and to
perform all of the duties and obligations of the Association as set
for'th in the Declaration and as the same may be amended from time to
time as therein provided, said Declaration being incorporated herein
as if set forth at length;
(b) Fix, levy, collect and enforce payment by any
lawful means, all charges or assessments pursuant to the terms of
the Declaration or By-Laws of the Association; to pay all expenses
in connection therewith and all office and other expenses incident
to the conduct of the business of the Association, including all
licenses, taxes or governmental charges levied or imposed against
the property of the Association;
(c) Acquire (by gift, purchase or otherwise), own,
hold, improve, build upon, operate, maintain, convey, sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of real or personal property in
connection with the affairs of the Association;
EXll].BIT "B" TO I)ECt,AItATION
5860a/0301a:l
(d) Borrow money, and with the assent of two-thirds
(2/3rds) of each class of members at a duly called meeting of the
Association, mortgage, pledge, deed in trust, or hypothecate any or
all of its real or personal property as security for money borrowed
or debts incurred;
(e) Dedicate, sell or transfer all or any part of the
Common Area to any public agency, authority, or utility for such
purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the
members. No such dedication or transfer shall be effective without
obtaining consent of two-thirds (2/3rds) of the members to such
dedication, sale or transfer in writing or by vote at a duly called
meeting of the Association, and unless prior written consent of
Declarant is obtained for so long as Declarant owns a Unit;
(f) Participate in mergers and consolidations with
other non-profit corporations organized for the same purposes or
annex additional residential property and Common Area, provided that
any such merger, consolidation or annexation shall have the assent
of two-thirds (2/3rds) of each class of members at a duly called
meeting of the Association, except as otherwise provided in ARTICLE
II of the Declaration;
(g) To promulgate or enforce rules, regulations,
By-Laws, covenants, restrictions or agreements to effectuate all of
the purposes for which the Association is organized;
(h) To have and to exercise any and all powers,
rights and privileges which a non-profit corporation organized under
the Laws of the State of Florida may now or hereafter have or
exercise;
(i) To contract for management of the Association and
to delegate in such contract all or any part of the powers and
duties of the Association, and to contract for services to be
provided the Owners including but not limited to garbage pick-up and
other utilities and master antenna or cable television and/or radio
system and the servicing and monitoring of the medical/fire/burglary
system in each residence.
( j ) To perform the obl iga tions and duties of a
"Sub-Association as set forth in the Master Declaration, which is
defined in the Declaration.
PROVISO: Notwithstanding the foregoing, until such time as
Class B Membership in the Association ceases, as hereinafter set
forth, the powers of the Association as set forth in Paragraphs (d),
(e) and (f) may be exercised solely by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
MEMBERSHIP
Every Owner of a Unit shall be a member of the Association.
Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from
ownership of any Unit.
ARTICLE VII
VOTING RIGHTS
The Association
membership:
shall have two (2) classes of voting
Class A. Class A members shall be all Owners, and
shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each Unit owned. When more
than one (1) person holds an interest in any Unit, all such persons
shaI1 be members. The vote for such Unit shall be exercised as they
determine, but in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with
respect to any Unit.
5860a/0301a:2
C!~ss B. The Class B member shall be the Declarant,
and shall be entitled to two hundred fifty (250) votes. The Class B
membership shall cease on the happening of one of the following
events, whichever occurs earlier:
(a) Four (4) months after 75% of the Units that
will be ultimately operated by the Association have been conveyed to
Unit purchasers; or,
(b) Five (5) years following conveyance of the
first Unit in the Properties to a Unit purchaser; or,
(c) Such earlier date as Declarant may
determine.
ARTICLE VIII
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The affairs of this Association shall be managed by a Board
of Directors consisting of not less than three (3) nor more than
seven (7) persons who need not be members of the Association. The
first Board shall consist of three (3) members. Thereafter the
number of Directors may be increased to a maximum of seven (7) by a
majority vote of the Board of Directors.
The first election of Directors shall be held when Class B
membership ceases as provided in ARTICLE VII hereof at a meeting of
tile members called for that purpose. Three (3) Directors shall be
elected at this first election, one (1) for a term of one (1) year,
one (1) for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) for a term of three
(3) years. If the number of Directors is increased by the Board of
Directors as provided above, then said Board shall also determine
the term for each new directorship so created. At each annual
meeting thereafter a number of Directors equal to that of those
whose terms have expired shall be elected for the term of three (3)
years. At the expiration of any term of three (3) years, any
Director may be re-elected.
The Directors named in these Articles shall serve until the
first election of Directors, and any vacancies in their number
occurring before the first election shall be filled by the Class "B"
Member. The Class B Member shall have the right to remove and
replace Directors until the first election of Directors. The names
and addresses of the members of the first Board of Directors who
shall hold office until their successors are elected and have
qualified, or until removed, are as follows:
NAME ADDRESS
Mark Bidwell
Suite 300
123 NW 13th Street
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Greg Pillen
Suite 300
123 NW 13th Street
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Dawn McCaffrey
Suite 300
123 NW 13th Street
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION
In the event of the dissolution of the Association, other
than inGident to a merger or Gonsolidation, any Member may petition
the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of
Florida for the appointment of a receiver to manage the affairs of
the dissolved Association and to manage the Properties, in the place
and instead of the Association, and to make such provisions as may
5860a/0301a:3
be necessary for the continued management of the affairs of the
dissolved Association and the Properties.
ARTICLE X
DURATION
The corporation shall exist perpetually.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
Amendments to these Articles shall be proposed and adopted in
the following manner:
1. Proposal. Amendments to these Articles may be proposed
upon a vote of the majority of the entire Board adopting a
resolution setting forth the proposed amendment to these Articles,
directing that it be submitted to a vote at a special or annual
meeting of members; or amendments may be proposed by the members of
the Association upon a vote of the majority of the membership
entitled to vote at a meeting for which notice of the proposed
amendment has been given.
2. Call for Meeting. Upon the adoption of a resolution
proposing any amendment or amendments to these Articles by said
Board or members, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be
transmitted to the President of the Association, or other officer of
the Association in absence of the President, who shall thereupon
call a special meeting of the membership, unless it is to be
considered at an annual meeting. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary to give each member written notice stating the purpose of
the meeting, place, day and hour of the meeting, and setting forth
the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be effected
thereby. Notice shall be delivered not less than ten (10) or more
than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either
personally or by first class mail. If the notice is mailed with
postage thereon prepaid, at least thirty (30) days before the date
of meeting, it may be done by a class of United States mail
addressed to the member at his address as it appears on the
membership books.
3. Vote Necessary. In order for such amendment or
amendments to become effective, the same must be approved at a duly
called meeting, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of
the entire membership entitled to vote thereon.
4. By Written Statement. If all the directors and all the
members eligible to vote sign a written statement manifesting their
intention that an amendment to these Articles be adopted, then the
amendment shall thereby be adopted as though subsections 1., 2., and
3. above have been satisfied.
5. Filing. The Articles of Amendment containing said
approved amendment or amendments shall be executed by the
corporation by its President or Vice President and by its Secretary
or Assistant Secretary and acknowledged by one of the officers
signing such Articles. The Articles of Amendment shall set forth:
members.
(a)
(b)
(c)
The name of the corporation.
The amendments so adopted.
The date of the adoption of the amendment by the
Such Articles of Amendment shall be filed, along with the
appropriate filing fees, within ten (10) days from said approval
with the office of the Secretary of the State of Florida for
approval.
5860a/0301a:4
ARTICLE XII
INCORPORATOR
The name and address of the incorporator of this Association
is Engle Homes/Palm Beach, Inc., a Florida corporation, whose
address is 123 N.W. 13th Street, Suite 300, Boca Raton, Florida
33432.
ARTICLE XIII
OFFICERS
The Board of Directors shall elect the President, Secretary,
Treasurer, and as many Vice-Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and
Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors shall from time to
time determine.
The names and addresses of the Officers who shall serve until
their successors are designated by the Board of Directors are as
follows:
President: Mark Bidwell
Vice-President: Greg Pillen
Secretary-Treasurer: Dawn McCaffrey
Suite 300
123 NW 13th Street
Boca Raton, Florida
33432
Suite 300
123 NW 13th Street
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Suite 300
123 NW 13th Street
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
ARTICLE XIV
The original By-Laws of the Association shall be adopted by a
majority vote of the Directors. Thereafter, the By--Laws of the
Association may be amended, altered or rescinded at a regular or
special meeting of the members by a vote of a majority of a quorum
of members present in person or by proxy.
ARTICLE XV
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The Association shall and does hereby indemnify and hold
harmless every Director and every Officer, their heirs, executors
and administrators, against all loss, cost and expenses, reasonably
incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which
he may be made a party by reason of his being or having been a
Director or Officer of the Association, including reasonable counsel
fees, except as to matters wherein he shall be finally adjudged in
such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for or guilty of gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The foregoing rights shall be in
addition to, and not exclusive of, all other rights to which such
Director or Officer may be entitled.
ARTICLE XVI
TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS ARE INTERESTED
No contract or transaction between the Association and one
(1) or more of its Directors or Officers, or between the Association
and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other
organization in which one (1) or more of its officers or directors
are Officers or Directors of this Association shall be invalid, void
or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the Officer or
Director is present at, or participates in, meetings of the Board or
Committee thereof which authorized the contract or transaction, or
solely because said Officers' or Directors' votes are counted for
5860a/0301a:5
such purpose. No Director or officer of the Association shall incur
liability by reason of the fact that said Director or Officer may be
interested in any such contract or transaction.
Interested Directors may be counted in determining the
presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a
Committee which authorized the contract or transaction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, for the purpose of forming this
corporation under the Laws of the State of Florida, the undersigned,
constituting the incorporator of this Association, has executed
these Articles of Incorporation this day of ,
1994.
ENGLE HOMES/PALM BEACH, INC.,
a Florida corporation
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
By:
Its President
Print Name:
(CORPORATE SEAL)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an officer duly
authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, personally
appeared to me known to be the President
of ENGLE HOMES/PAI~ BEACH, INC., the corporation in whose name the'
foregoing instrument was executed, and that he acknowledged
executing the same for such corporation, freely and voluntarily,
under authority duly vested in him by said corporation, and that the
seal affixed thereto is the true corporate seal of said corporation,
that he is personally known to me or that I relied upon the
following form of identification of the above-named
person: .
WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State
last aforesaid this day of , 1994.
(NOTARY SEAL)
NOTARY PUBLIC
Printed Notary Signature
5860a/0301a:6
I HEREBY ACCEPT MY DESIGNATION AS
REGISTERED AGENT.
JOtIN KRAYNICK
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of
, 1994.
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
Notary Public
Print Name:
My Commission Expires:
5860a/0301a:7
CONSENT OF MORTGAGEE
SUN BANK/SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A., a corporation of the State of
Florida ("Mortgagee"), the owner and holder of that certain Mortgage
made by ENGLE HOMES/PALM BEACH, INC., a Florida corporation
("Mortgagor"), which Mortgage encumbers that certain real property
described in Exhibit "A" attached to the DECLARATION hereinafter
described and which Mortgage is dated , and was
recorded on , in Official Records Book ~,
Page . , of the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida
(the "Mortgage"), hereby grants its consent to the recordation of
that certain DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS FOR QUAIL RUN VILLAS
executed by Mortgagor and to which this Consent of Mortgagee is
attached, it being understood and agreed that this Consent of
Mortgagee shall not affect any other real property that may be
encumbered by, or any of the terms of, the Mortgage, except as
herein stated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgagee has executed this Consent
of Mortgagee this day of , 19 .
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of:
SUN BANK/SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A.,
a Florida corporation
Print name:
Print name:
STATE OF )
)SS:
COUNTY OF )
By:
Its President
Print name:
Address:
(CORPORATE SEAL)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an officer duly
authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, personally
appeared known to me to be the President
of SUN BANK/SOUTH FLORIDA, the corporation in whose name the
foregoing instrument was executed, and that he acknowledged
executing the same for such corporation, freely and voluntarily,
under authority duly vested in him by said corporation, and that the
seal affixed thereto is the true corporate seal of said corporation,
that he is personally known to me or that I relied upon the
following form of identification of the above-named
person:
WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State
last aforesaid this day of , 1994.
NOTARY PUBLIC
(NOTARY SEAL)
Printed Notary Signature
My Commission Expires:
3010c/0076c:1
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS
EASEMENTS AND LIENS
FOR
QUAIL RUN
This Instrument Was Prepared By:
Marc J. Sternbaum, Esq.
Ooldberg, Semet, Lickstein, Morgenstern & Berger, P.A.
12th Floor, Ponce de Leon Plaza
201 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, FL 33134
(305) 444-1400
Article
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
i7.
18.
19.
20.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Caption Page No.
Definitions 1
Title to Common Areas 3
Rest,-ietions and Easements 3
Ownership 5
Common Expense and Common Surplus 5
Maintenance 5
Assessment 7
Compliance and Default 9
Association 9
Mortgages and Liens 10
Use Restrictions 11
Architectural Control 12
Lot Improvement and Landscape Control 12
Taxes and Insurance 13
Terms of Covenants and Restrictions 14
Amendments 14
Developer's Rights Prior to Transfer of Control 15
Sales Office 15
Severability 16
Rights of Mortgagees 16
Description of Property subject to the Declaration
Articles of Incorporation - Quail Run
Master Association, Inc.
Bylaws - Quail Run
Master Association, Inc.
55N9
99
ORR
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS,
EASEMENTS AND LIENS
FOR QUAIL RUN
P,:J
Tills DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS AND
LIENS is made this E)'~"day of ~5~-.-~._ , 1987, by COSCAN FLORIDA,
INC. a Florida corpo-~-~-n, herein'after referred-~o as "Declarant".
W I T N E S S E T H:
WIIEREAS, the Declarant, on the date hereof, is the owner of certain real
property located in Palm Beach County, Florida. more particularly described on
Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, Declarant intends to convey the said real property, subject to
certain protective covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements
and liens as hereinafter set forth,
NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant hereby declares that all of the real property
as hereinabove described (including but not limited to Lots and Dwelling Units)
shall be held, sold, conveyed, leased, mortgaged and otherwise dealt with
subject to those easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations,
liens and charges as hereinafter set forth, all of which are for the purpose of
enhancing and protecting the value, desirability and attractiveness of the
Development. These easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions,
reservations and liens shall run with the real property and shall be binding
upon all parties.having and/or acquiring any right, title or interest in the
Development or any part thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of each and
every person or entity, from time to time, owning or holding an interest in the
real property.
ARTICLE 1
1. Definitions. The terms used in this Declaration, in the Articles of
Incorporation, and in the By-Laws of the Association shall have the meaning
stated as follows, unless the context otherwise requires. Whenever the context
s° permits, the use of the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall
include the singular, and the use of any gender shall be deemed to include all
genders.
1.1 Assessment shall mean a share of the funds required and
which are to be assessed against a Parcel Owner or Dwelling Unit Owner and
Parcel or Dwelling Unit/Lot for the payment of the costs incurred by the
Association for and including, but not limited to, the operation, maintenance
and protection of the Common Areas, Parcels, Dwelling Units/Lots, recreational
facilities, surface water management areas, easements for ingress and egress
and other areas subject to and under the control and administration of the
Association.
1.2 Association shall mean and refer to Quail Run Master
Association, Inc., a Florida corporation not-for-profit, its successors and
assigns. A copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Association are attached
hereto as Exhibit "B".
1.3 Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Association.
1.4 By-Laws shall mean the By-Laws of the Association,
established for the g°ve]rnment of the Association, as said By-Laws may exist
from time to time. The first By-Laws of the Association are attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
1.5 Common Areas shall mean all that certain real property owned
or to be owned b'~, maintained or to be maintained by, or dedicated on the Plat
to the Association and held for the benefit, use and enjoyment of the members
of the Association, the same including all parcels dedicated to the Association,
all drainage, utility and other easements, and all streets or other ingress
egress easements shown on the Plat. For purposes of the Plat and this
ORB C]J
Declaration, the Association shall be deemed to be the successor of "Quail Lake
West Master Association".
1.6 Common Expenses shall mean the expenses for which the Parcel
Owner or Dwelling Unit Owner is liable, which shall include but not be limited
to the following:
a. Expenses of administration and management of the Common
Areas and of any improvements to the Common Areas;
b. Expenses of maintenance, operation, repair or replacement
of the Association property, including Common Areas, not otherwise covered by
insurance, including adequate reserve funds for such repair or replacement;
e. Expenses declared Common Expenses by the provisions of
this Declaration or by the By-Laws;
d. Any valid charge against the Association and/or Common
Areas, if levied against the Association rather than against Owners individually;
e. Any expense of, charges to, or assessment by the
Association as provided for in this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation
and/or the By-Laws.
1.7 Common Surplus shall mean the excess of all receipts of the
Association, including but not limited to assessments, rents, profits and
revenues on account of the Common Areas and recreational facilities, over the
amount of the Common Expenses.
1.8 Declarant shall mean and refer to Coscan Florida, Inc. a
Florida corporation, the Developer of the Development and shall include, where
applicable, its successors and/or assigns; provided, however, that in the event
of an assignment by the Declarant (Developer), the assignee, in order to
acquire the rights of the Declarant, shall be, by virtue of such assignment, the
fee title holder of fifty-one (51%) percent of the remaining undeveloped lots at
the time of such assignment. As these terms are used herein and as these
terms are used in the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Association,
the term "Declarant" shall mean and refer to the Developer, and the ter[n
"Developer" shall mean and refer to the Declarant. An assignee, for purposes
of this paragraph, shall include a mortgagee acquiring the rights of the
Developer by foreclosure, or by deed or assignment in lieu of foreclosure.
1.9 Declaration shall mean this Declaration of Covenants,
Restrictions, Easements and Liens for Quail Run, and include the same as it
may be from time to time amended or supplemented.
1.10 Development shall mean all of the lands and improvements
situate thereon located ~ft~ the boundaries of the Plat to the extent the same
are now subject to this Declaration or are in the future made subject to this
Declaration in the manner provide~l herein.
1.11 Dwelling Unit shall mean the improvement or improvements
constructed on a Lot as said Lots are described on the Plat or a condominium
unit constructed on any Parcel. A Dwelling Unit shall be deemed to exist at
such time as a Certificate of Occupancy is issued by Palm Beach County for the
Dwelling Unit, provided, however, that for purposes of Assessments, and
voting, the number of Dwelling Urdts in a Parcel shall be determined from
Developer's then-current site plan, as approved by any applicable governmental
authority.
1.12 Institutional Lender shall mean the owner and holder of a
mortgage encumbering a Lot and/°r-Dwelling Unit, which owner and holder of
said mortgage shall either be a bank, life insurance company, federal or state
savings and loan association, mort gage company, real estate or mortgage
investment trust, Developer, Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA"),
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") and federal or state
agencies and shall also include the Land Mortgagee, except where the context
specifically requires otherwise.
-2-
1.13 Land Mortgagee shall
Florida, Inc. and/or Manufa~urers
respective successors and assigns.
mean Great Universal Development -
Hanover Trust Company, and their
1.14 Lot shall mean an individual building parcel as shown and
described on the P~t.
1.15 Owner shall mean the holder or holders of the fee title to or
estate in a Lot an-d-U~-elling Unit on the site therefor as herein defined.
1.16 Member shall mean and refer to every person or entity who
holds membership in the Association.
1.17 ~peration shall mean and include the administration,
wnaintenance and management of the Common Areas, recreation facilities ingress
and egress and utilities easements and other responsibilities assigned to the
Association.
1.18 Parcel means any parcel (other than one aingle-family lot)
shown on a Plat or approved for development by govermental authorities as a
single parcel, but excluding Common Areas.
1.19 Parcel Owner shall mean the owner of a Parcel held for
development or resale.
1.20
other entity.
Person shall mean- a person, firm, association, corporation, or
1.21 Plat shall mean the plats described on Exhibit "A", as well as
any subsequent plat-or replat of the Development or any part thereof.
1.22 Sub-Association shall mean s condominium or homeowners'
association responsible for'the operation and maintenance of only a portion of
tile Development pursuant to a recorded Declaration of Condominium or
Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions.
1.23 Turnover shall mean the date 90 days after the earliest of
(i) conveyance by Declarant to individual purchasers or Parcel Owners of 75% of
the Dwelling Units to be constructed in the Development, (ii) four years from
the first conveyance of a Unit by Declarant or (iii) such earlier date when
Declarant voluntarily relinquishes control of the Association.
ARTICLE 2
2. Title to Common Areas. The title to the Common Areas as they are
set forth,"'defined, and d~ed upon the Development shall be conveyed in
fee simple to the Association for the benefit of the Association, its members,
their guests, lnvitees and mortgagees, and their respective successors and
assigns, upon Turnover. No portion of the Plat containing open space may be
vacated in whole or in part unless the entire Plat is vacated.
ARTICLE 3
3. Restrictions and Easements. Each of the following restrictions and
easements over, under and across the entire Development is a covenant running
with the land, and notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this
Declaration, may not be substantially amended or revoked in such a way as to
~lnreasonably interfere with its proper and intended use and purpose.
3.1 Utilities. Any and all restrictions and easements as may be
required for t{tiiity services to adequately serve the Development shall be
covenants running with the land~ however, such easements over, under and/or
across a Lot and/or Dwelling Unit shall be exercised according to the plans and
specifications for the Lot and/or Dwelling Unit in question or according to the
Lot as developed and/or the Dwelling Unit as constructed in a manner which
will not unreasonably interfere with the intended purpose and use, unless
approved in writing by the Dwelling Unit Owner.
3.2 Pedestrian and Vehicular Traffic. There shall exist easements
for pedestrian tra-iri~ over, upon, through ahd-across sidewalks, paths, lanes
-3-
and walks, as the same may from time to time exist, upon the Common Areas;
and for the vehicular traffic over, upon, through and across such portions of
the Common Areas as may from time to time be paved and intended for such
purposes, the same being for the use and benefit of (i) the Owners of Dwelling
Units in the Development, their respective successors, guests and invitees and
(ii) Institutional Mortgagees and the Land Mortgagee.
3.3 ?erpetual Non-Exclusive Easement in Common Areas. The
Common Areas shall be, and the same-are hereby declared to be subject to a
perpetual non-exclusive easement in favor of all of the owners of Dwelling Units
and Parcel Owners in the Development (including their respective successors
and assigns and mortgagees acquiring title through foreclosure or deed in lieu
of foreclosure) for their use and the use of their immediate families, guests,
and invitees for all proper and normal purposes, and for the furnishing of
services and facilities for which the same are reasonably intended, for the
enjoyment of said Owners subject to rules and regulations of the Development.
3.4 Easement for Overhanging Eaves, Troughs, Gutters and
Down-spoutq. There shall exist an easement for overhanging eaves, troughS';
gutters, and downspouts and the discharge therefrom of rain water and the
subsequent flow thereof over the Common Areas or Lots or over any Dwelling
Unit.
3.5 Easements for Encroachment. If any Dwelling Unit encroaches
upon any other L-~t, then an easement shall-exist in favor of such encroaching
Dwelling Unit for so long as such encroachment may exist.
3.6 Easement for Unintentional and Non-negligent Encroachments.
In the event that any Dweli[ng Unit shall encroach upon any Common Area ]r~r
any reason not caused by the purposeful or negligent act of the Dwelling Unit
Owner or Owners or agents of such Owner or Owners, then an easement
appurtenant to each Dwelling Unit shall exist for the continuance of such
encroachments on and to the Common Areas for so long as such encroachments
shall naturally exist; and, in the event that any portion of the Common Areas
shall encroach upon any Dwelling Unit or Lot, then an easement shall exist for
the continuance of such encroachment of the Common Areas into any Dwelling
Unit or Lot for so long as such encroachments shall naturally exist.
3.7 Construction; Maintenance. Declarant, for itself, its succes-
sors, nominees, '~u~d"asstgns, shall have the right in its sole discretion from
time to time to enter upon the Common Areas and any Lot or Dwelling Unit and
~to perform all acts necessary or convenient for the purpose of completing
construction of any Dwelling Unit, of the Common Areas, or of any facilities
serving the Development, and for repair, replacement and maintenance purposes
where the Association fails to do so.
3.8 Easements and Cross-Easements. There are hereby created
easements in favor of the Dwelling Unit Owners in the Development, their
immediate families, guests and invitees, for ingress, egress and utilities,
including but not limited to those necessary to provide power, electricity,
telephone, sewer, water, lighting facilities, irrigation, drainage, television and
cable television transmission facilities, security services, electronic and other
facilities in connection therewith and the like as set forth, described and
defined on the Plat. Declarant, for itself, its successors, nominees, and
assigns, and the Association reserve the right to impose upon the Common
Areas, henceforth and from time to time, such easements and cross-easements
for any of the foregoing purposes as they deem to be in the best interest of,
and necessary and proper for this Development.
3.9 Association. Easements are reserved in favor of the
Association, its agents and employees, successors and assigns to enter upon the
Dwelling Units for the purpose of conducting inspections and carrying out the
responsibilities of the Association aa set forth herein and as may be authorized
from time to time by the Association.
3.10 Easements of Record. It is recognized that the Development
may be subject ~ restrictions, reservations, and easements which have been
placed of record prior to the formation and filing hereof. Any existing
restrictions, reservations, and easements of record include but are not limited
to, certain easements for .ingress and egress across, upon and through the
-4-
Development and, therefore, the Development property shall continue at all
times to be subject to said easements; provided, however, that this paragraph
shall not be deemed to re-impose the same.
ARTICLE 4
4. Ownership.
4.1 Type of Ownership. Ownership of each Lot and Dwelling Unit
may be in fee simple, or any other estate in real property recognized by law,
subject to Palm Beach County zoning ordinances and regulations, this Declara-
tion and any exhibits and/or mnendments thereto. Further, the Development
shall continue at all times to be subject to restrictions and easements as set
forth hereinabove; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not be deemed
to re-impose the same.
4.2 Association~. The Declarant and the Owners of
record of the D~&lling Un-~e members of the Association. The
Declarant shall be the sole Class B Member and, prior to Turnover, shall have
three votes for each Dwelling Unit or Lot owned by it. Dwelling Unit Owners
snd Parcel Owners other than Declarant shall be the Class A Members and there
shall be one vote for each Dwelling Unit owned by a Class A Member. If there
is more than one record Owner per Dwelling Unit, then such vote shall be
voted as determined in writing by such Owners. In the absence of such
written designation, the Association may conclusively rely on the vote of any
Dwelling Unit Owner purporting to represent all co-Owners of said Dwelling
Unit. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from
ownership of any Dwelling Unit.
4.3 Dwelling Unit Owner Rights. The Owner of a Dwelling Unit is
entitled to the e:~elusive possession of h~'fl~er Dwelling Unit. tie]she shall be
entitled to use the Common Areas in accordance with the purposes for which
they are intended, and the rules and regulations promulgated from time to time
by the Association; but no such use shall hinder or encroach upon the lawful
rights o£ the Owners of other Dwelling Units.
ARTICLE 5
5. Common Expense and Common Surplus.
5.1 Common Expenses are to be borne equally by each Dwelling
unit Owner and shall be a proportionate share of the total expenses and costs
of the Association. Each Dwelling Unit Owner or Parcel Owner shall be
responsible for an equal share of the common expenses of the Association based
on the number of Dwelling Units and/or Lots owned.
5.2 Any common surplus of the Association shall be owned by each
Dwelling Unit Owner in the same proportion as his/her percentage liability for
Common Expenses, but no Owner shall have the right to have such surplus
distributed to 'him/her.
ARTICLE 6
6. Maintenance.
shall be as---f6llows:
Responsibility for the maintenance of the Development
6.1 By the Association_. The Association shall maintain, repair and
replace, at the A~soeiation~s expense:
a. Landscaptn_j[. The Association shall maintain and care for
all landscaping areas within the Common Areas, and shall be responsible for
lawns, trees, and shrubbery therein. Further, the Association shall maintain
and care for landscaping areas bordering the Development up to the pavement
of any public road contiguous to or within the Development. Such maintenance
shall be limited to mowing, trimming, pruning, edging, fertilizing, irrigating
and spraying of lawns, trees and shrubs. The Association in its sole discretion
shall determine the need for replacement and/or improvement of landscaping,
lawns, shrubbery and trees.
-5-
b. _Sprinkler System. The Association shall maintain, repair,
replace and alter a water sprinkler system throughout all landscaped areas of
the Common Areas. If any repair to the water sprinkler system is caused by
the negligence of a Dwelling Unit Owner, the cost of such repair shall be borne
by said Dwelling Unit Owner and the Association shall have the right to enforce
payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 7.5 herein.
c. Private Roads, Driveways, Walkways, Paths, and Street
Li~ts. The Association shall mmntmn and repmr, throughout the'Common
Areas, all private roadways, driveways, walkways, paths, walls, fencing,
signage, street furniture and street lights placed thereon.
d. Surface Water Management System. The Association shall
be responsible for maintenance' and operations, including chemical treatment if
necessary, of any portion of the surface water management system as to which
the Association or Declarant is legally required to perform such maintenance,
whether pursuant to previously recorded agreements, Plat dedications,
agreements with governmental entities or otherwise. No amendment to this
section, or otherwise to this Declaration, which would affect the surface water
management system, shall be made without the prior approval of the South
Florida Water Management District.
e~ Recreational Facilities.
recreational facilities of' the. Development.
The Association shall maintain the
f. Other Services. The Association shall maintain, repair,
replace, and protect the Common Areas of the Development and provide such
other services and functions as the Board of Directors may, in its sole
discretion, determine from time to time.
g. Alteration and Improvement. The Association may alter or
further improve the Common Areas of the D~Velopment in its sole discretion.
tlowever, subsequent to the transfer of control of the Association by Developer,
if the cost of said alterations or improvements shall exceed the the sum of
Twenty-Five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars in any calendar year, prior written
approval of fifty-one (51%) percent of the members of the Association shall first
be obtained.
6.2 By the Dwelling Unit Owners. The responsibility of the
Dwelling Unit Owner ~hall be as followS: to keep and maintain his Lot and
Dwelling Unit, its equipment and appurtenances in good order, condition and
repair and to perform promptly all maintenance, replacement, and repair work,
whether structural or nonstructural, ordinary or extraordinary, so as to keep
his Lot and Dwelling Unit in a good state of repair and in conformity with the
aesthetic standards required from time to time by the Association.
a. The maintenance of the e~terior of each Dwelling Unit is
the responsibility of the Dwelling Unit Owner, including but not limited to
repainting, roof repair, repaying, and maintenance and replacement of exterior
appurtenances, accessories, and decorative features, . such as awnings,
shutters, decks, pools or spas and walkways or driveways within the Lot,
maintenance of all landscaping, shrubbery, trees and lawns and any irrigation
system on any Lot. The Association shall require ail exterior maintenance to be
accomplished in a manner such that the character of the Development is
maintained. The color, quality and design of all paint, fencing, walls,
mailboxes and all roof materials shall be approved by the Architectural Control
Committee of the Association (provided for in Article 12 below) who shall
attempt to establish uniformity and maintain the aesthetic quality of the
Development. Sub-Associations may make provision for maintenance by such
entities rather than by Dewlling Unit Owners where consistent with the nature
of that portion of the Development.
b. In the event the Owner of a Dwelling Unit or where
applicable, a Sub-Association, falls to maintain said Unit as required above, the
Association, Developer, the applicable Sub-Association or any other Dwelling
Unit Owner shall have the right to proceed to any appropriate court to seek
compliance with the foregoing provisions; or the Association shall have the .right
to assess the Dwelling Unit Owner and the Dwelling Unit for the necessary sums
to put the Dwelling Unit in good condition. After such assessment, the
Association shall have the right to have its employees or agents enter the
-6-
Dwelling Unit and do the necessary work to enforce compliance with the above
provisions. Further, in the event a Dwelling Unit Owner violates any provision
of this section, the Developer and/or for the Association shall have the right to
take any and all such steps as may be necessary to remedy such violation.
including, but not limited to, entry of the subject Dwelling Unit with or without
the consent of the Dwelling Unit Owner, and the repair and maintenance of any
item requiring same, all at the expense of the Dwelling Unit Owner. No
alteration or destruction of any structure on a Lot shall be undertaken by the
Association without prior judicial action unless the condition requiring such
action constitutes an emergency threateniug the health or safety of other
Owners.
6.3 Limitations, No Dwelling Unit Owner shall in any way
maintain, modify, or improve any areas for which the Association has the
responsibility for maintenance without the prior written consent of the
Association. Further, no Dwelling Unit Owner or Sub-Association shall modify
or change the appearance of any portion of the exterior of the Dwelling Unit
without the prior written approval of the Association. The obligation of the
Dwelling Unit Owner and Sub-Association to maintain, repair and replace shah
be performed so as to maintain his Unit in the same manner and to replace items
as needed with the same or similar materials and of like, size, color, and
quality as the original.
6.4 Cost of Maintenance. The cost of maintaining those areas
which are the responsibi~~ Association shall be paid for by the
Association, acting for and on behalf of all Dwelling Unit Owners and Parcel
Owners. Dwelling Unit Owners and Parcel Owners, by virtue of the
responsibility for assessments as elsewhere herein provided, are hereby liable
pro-rata for the cost of maintenance; except that in the event the need for
maintenance, repair or replacement is caused through the willful or negligent
act of a Dwelling Unit Owner, his family, guests or invitees, the cost of such
maintenance, repairs or replacement shall be the responsibility of said Dwelling
Unit Owner and may be added to or become s part of the assessment to which
said Dwelling Unit Owner is subject. Such liability of the Dwelling Unit Owner
shall include any increase in insurance rates occasioned by use, misuse,
occupancy or abandonme,~t of a Lot and/or Dwelling Unit or its appurtenances
or of the Common Areas.
6.5 Repair and Reconstruction Following Casualty. Each Dwelling
Unit Owner, with the concurrence of the Owner's InstitutiOnal Mortgagee, if
any, and the Board of Directors, shall reconstruct or repair said Owner's
Dwelling Unit in the event such Unit is destroyed or damaged in whole or in
part by fire or such other casualty for which insurance is required to be
maintained hereunder. Such repair or reconstruction shall be performed in a
good and workmanlike manner in conformance with the original plans and
specifications. In the event that the Dwelling Unit Owner fails to commence
reconstruction or repair or to contract for such work to be performed within
thirty (30) days of receipt of the insurance proceeds by the Association or the
Institutional Mortgagee named as loss payee in the policy covering the Dwelling
Unit, the Board, in its sole dis'cretion, may elect to initiate the repairs or
reconstruction and may enter into any and all agreements with contractors with
respect thereto, whether or not such coutractors may be Directors or Officers
of the' Association or an entity in which a Director or Officer has an interest.
If the insurance proceeds exceed the cost of repair or reconstruction, such
excess shall be paid over to the Dwelling Unit Owner and/or the Owner's
Institutional Mortgagee in such shares as they shall independently determine.
In the event the insurance proceeds are insufficient to fully pay the costs of
repair or reconstruction, the Association shah levy a special assessment against
the Dwelling Unit Owner in an amount equal to such deficiency.
ARTICLE 7
7. Assessment. The making and collecting of assessments against the
Dwelling ~'~ Owners and Parcel Owners for Common Expenses shall be the
obligation of the Board of Directors pursuant to the By-Laws and subject to the
following provisions:
7.1 Share of the Common Expenses. Each Dwelling Unit Owner
and Parcel Owner shall be liable for a proportionate share of the Common
Expenses and shall share in the Common Surplus, such shares being heretofore
-7-
set forth. A Dwelling Unit Owner, regardless of how title is acquired,
including, 'without limitation, a purchaser at a judicial sale, shall be liable for
all assessments coming due while he is the Owner of the Dwelling Unit. In a
voluntary conveyance, the grantee shall be jointly and severally liable with the
grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for his share of Common
Expenses up to the time of such voluntary conveyance, without prejudice to the
rights of the grantee to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the
grantee therefor.
7.2 ~iflc Dwelling Unit Use Assessment. The Association by
and through its~oa~~tors may from lime' to time make a Specific
Dwelling Unit Use Assessment to a single Dwelling Unit, and without respect to
the other Dwelling Units within the Development, when it appears in the
discretion of the Board of Directors that the costs of insurance, maintenance,
repair, replacement and/or protection of such Dwelling Unit is in excess of that
generally required of other Dwelling Units within the Development or when such
costs, attributable to a Dwelling Unit and the obligation of such Unit Owner,
are paid by the Association as a consequence of such Unit Owner's failure to
pay therefor; provided, however, an Institutional Mortgagee acquiring title by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure shall not be subject to a Specific
Dwelling Unit Unit Assessment levied prior to such acquisition of title unless
such Institutional Mortgagee consents to and approves such assessment in
writing.
7.3 Non-waiver. The liability for assessments may not be avoided
by waiver of the use or enjoyment-of any Common Areas or recreation areas or
by the abandonment of the Dwelling Unit for which the assessment is made.
7.4 Interest, Application of Payment. Assessments shall be made
annually and installments on such assessments shall be paid monthly in advance
on or before ten (10) days after the date when due; all sums not paid on or
before ten (10) days after the date when due shall bear interest at the highest
rate allowed by the laws of the State of Florida from the date when due until
paid. All payments upon account shall be first applied to interest and then to
the assessment payment first due.
7.5 Lien for Assessments. . The Association shall have a lien on
each Dwelling Unit and Parcel of J'r'--any unpaid assessments, together with
interest thereon against the Owner of such Dwelling Unit or Parcel, together
with a lien on all real property, improvements and tangible personal property
located upon or within said Dwelling Unit, except that such lien upon the
aforesaid tangible personal property shall be subordinate to prior bona fide
liens of record. Reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Association incident
to the collection of such assessments or the enforcement of such lien, together
with all sums advanced and paid by the Association for taxes and payment on
account of superior mortgages, liens or encumbrances which may be required to
be advanced by the Association in order to preserve and protect its lien shall
be payable by the Dwelling Unit Owner and secured by such lien. The
Association's lien shall also include those sums advanced on behalf of each
Dwelling .Unit Owner in payment of his obligation for use charges and operation
costs likewise referred to as Common Expenses. Said lien shall be effective
from and after the time of recording in the public records of Palm Beach
County, Florida, of a claim of lien stating the legal description of the Dwelling
Unit, the name of the record owner, the amount due and the date when due,
and the lien shall continue in effect until all sums secured by the lien shall
have been fully paid. Such claims of Hen shall be signed by an officer of the
Association. Upon full payment, the party making payment shall be entitled to
a recordable satisfaction of the lien.
7.6 Subordination of the Lien to Mor_~_e~s. The lien for assess-
ments as herei~ab-o~e provided for Shall'" be Sd~n~ to and inferior to the
lien of any mortgage or mortgages of an Institutional Lender. Sale or transfer
shall not affect the assessment lien. However, the sale or transfer of any
Dwelling Unit which is subject to the mortgage of an Institutional Lender,
pursuant to a decree of foreclosure under such mortgage or any proceeding or
deed in lieu of foreclosure, shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to
payments which became due prior to such sale or transfer.
7.7 Collection and Foreclosure. The Board of Directors may take
such action as they deem necessary to collect assessments of the Association by
-8-
ORB . FI9
personal action, or by enforcing and foreclosing said lien, and may settle and
compromise same, if in the best interest of the Association. The Association
shall be entitled to bid at any sale held pursuant to a suit to foreclose an
assessment Hen, and to apply as a cash credit against its bid, all sums due the
Association covered by the lien enforced. In case of such foreclosure, the
Dwelling Unit Owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the
Dwelling U~dt, and the plaintiff in such foreclosure shall be entitled to tile
appointment of a Receiver to collect same from the Dwelling Unit Owner and/or
occupant.
7.8 Collection by_ Sub-Association. As to any Parcel, Dwelling
Unit or Lot which-is governed by a Sub-As-~'ciation, the Sub-Association shall
be responsible for the timely collection and remittance to the Association of aH
Assessments. Each Sub-Association shall account for each DweLling Unit or Lot
as to payment or non-payment of any installment.
7.9 ~ Capital Assessment. Each Dwelling Unit Owner,
acquiring title f~ shall pay tO the-Association at closing a sum
equal to two months' assessments as a contribution to the Association's working
capital fund and not as an advance payment of regular assessments. Such fund
is established for unforeseen expenses of the Association or to acquire
additional equipment and services and may not be used by Developer or the
Association for other then such purposes.
ARTICLE 8
8. .Compliance and Default. Each Dwelling Unit Owner shall be governed
by and shall comply with the terms of this Declaration, the By-Laws and Rules
and Regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and said documents and Rules and
Regulations as they may be amended from time to time. Failure of Dwelling Unit
Owners to comply therewith shall entitle the Association to the following relief
in addition to the remedies provided elsewhere herein.
8.1 Costs and Attorney's Fees. In any proceeding arising because
of an alleged failure of a Dweding Unit Owner to comply with the terms of the
Declaration, the By-Laws or the Rules and Regulations adopted pursuant
thereto, and said documents and/or Rules and Regulations as they may be
amended from time to time, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover the
costs of the proceeding and such reasonable attorneys fees as may be awarded
by the court.
8.2 No Waiver of Rights. The failure of the Association to enforce
a covenant, reat~ or other p~ovision of this Declaration or any of the
exhibits attached hereto, shall not constitute a waiver of the right to do so
thereafter.
ARTICLE 9
9. Association. In order to provide for the efficient and effective
administra~ 'Development by the .Owners of Dwelling Units, the Asso-
ciation has been organized as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the
State of Florida, and said corporation shall administer the operation and
management of the Development and undertake and perform all actions and
duties incident thereto in accordance with the terms, provisions, and conditions
of this Declaration and in accordance wi th the terms of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Association, its By-Laws and the Rules and Regulations
....... promulgated by the Association from time to time.
9.1 Articles of lnco~.~pg~ation. A copy-of the Articles of Incorpo-
ration of the Assoc--dl'~l~n is atto as Exhibit B.
9.2 ~. A copy of the By-Laws of the Association is
attached hereto a~t C.
9.3 Limitation upon Liability of Association. Notwithstanding the
duty of the Asso~ciation to maintain or repair portions Of the Development, the
Association shall not be liable to Dwelling Unit Owners for Injury or damage,
other than the cost of maintenance and repair, caused by any latent condition
of the property to be maintained and repaired by the Association, or caused by
the elements or other Owners or persons.
-9-
ORB Pe
9.4 Restraint upon Assignmen. t of.. Shares and Assets. The share of
a member in the ~dnds and assets of' the' Association cannot be assigned,
hypothecated or transferred in any manner except as an appurtenance to {tis
Dwelling Unit.
9.5 Approval or Disapproval of Matters. Whenever the decision of
a Dwelling Unit Owner is required upon any matter, whether or not the subject
of an Association meeting, such decision shall be expressed in accordance with
the By-Laws of the Association.
9.6 Membershi}). The record Owners of Parcels, Lots and Dwelling
Units in the Development shall be members of the Association and no other
persons or entities shall be entitled to membership except for the Developer.
Membership shall be established by acquisition of ownership of fee title to or
fee interest in a Parcel, Lot or Dwelling Unit, whether by conveyance, devise,
judicial decree or otherwise, subject to the provisions of this Declaration and
by the recordation among the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida, of
the deed or other instrument establishing the acquisition and designating the
Parcel, Lot or Dwelling Unit affected thereby and by the delivery to the
Association of a true copy of such recorded deed or other instrument. The
new Owner designated in such deed or other instrument shall thereupon become
a member of the Association, and the membership of the prior Owner shall be
terminated.
9.7 Votin_~. On all matters to which the membership shall be
entitled to vote, the Class A Members shall have one (1) vote for each Dwelling
Uuit and the Class B Member shall have three (3) votes for each Lot or
Dwelling Unit owned by it prior to Turnover.
9.8 Restrictions on Association. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contalne~"l~erein, unless and until-(a) Institutional Lenders holding at
least three-quarters (3/4) of (i) the first mortgages as to each Lot or Dwelling
Unit encumbered by a mortgage and (ii) tile owners of any Lot or Dwelling Unit
not encumbered by a mortgage and (b) the Land Mortgagee have approved in
writing, the Association may not:
a. abandon, partition, subdivide, encumber, sell, or transfer
the common property;
b. change the method of determining assessments;
e. change the scheme of regulations or enforcements
regarding architectural design, or exterior appearance, or maintenance of units,
common property, walls, or fences, and driveways, or upkeep of lawns
plantings;
d. fail to maintain fire and extended coverage on planned unit
development common property at 100% replacement cost;
e. use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to planned unit
development common property for other than repair, replacement, or
reconstruction.
f. amend this Declaration, the Articles or the Bylaws in any
other way deemed "material" under the then existing guidelines promulgated by
FNMA or FHLMC.
ARTICLE 10
10. Mortgages and Liens
10.1 M_ortga_g_~. Any Dwelling Unit Owner may mortgage his
Dwelling Unit with--6-d't'~approval of the Association.
10.2 Notice of Lien or Suit.
a. Notice of Lien. A Dwelling Unit Owner shall give uotiee to
the Association of every lien upon his DweUing Unit other than for permitted
mortgages, taxes and special assessments within five (5) days after the
attaching of the lien.
-I0-
ORB 550
b. Notice of Suit. A Dwelling Unit Owner shall give notice to
the Association of every suit or other proceeding which may affect the title to
his Dwelling Unit{ such notice to be given within five (5) days after the
Dwelling Unit Owner receives knowledge thereof.
c. Failure to Compl.,y.. Failure to comply with this Article 10
will not affect the validity of any ju~hc"~ial sale.
ARTICLE 11
11. Use Restrictions.
11.1 Dwelling Units are restricted to residential use by a single
family. Nothing herein contained shall prevent ownership of Dwelling Units by
a corporation or other business entity, or trustee; provided, however, that the
intended use by such Dwelling Unit Owner or occupant shall be consistent with
this Declaration.
11.2 No commercial activity, trade or business shall be maintained
upon any Dwelling Unit.
11.3 No fence shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon a Lot
or any portion of the Development, unless approved by the Architectural
Control Committee.
11.4 Reasonable Rules and Regulations concerning the use of the
Development properties may be made and amended from time to time by the
Association in the manner provided by its Articles of Incorporation and
By-Laws. Copie.s of such Rules and Regulations and amendments shall be
furnished by the Association to all Dwelling Unit Owners and residents of the
Development upon request.
11.5 No sign of any kind (including "for sale" or "for rent" signs)
shall be displayed to the public view from any Lot or any portion of the
Development without Architectural Control Committee approval as to size and
design. Signs used by Declarant to advertise the property during construction
and/or sales period are hereby expressly permitted.
11.6 The parking of automobiles,
designated for such purpose, is prohibited.
except upon paved areas
11.7 No trucks of more than one-half ton rated capacity nor any
commercial vehicles shall be permitted upon any portion of the Development for
overnight parking, storage or repair unless fully enclosed and stored within a
Dwelling Unit Owner's garage.
11.8 'The overnight parking of v~hicles of any kind upon the
Common Areas is prohibited.
11.9 The parking and storage of boats, boat trailers, campers or
trailers is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Association unless
fully enclosed and stored within a Dwelling Unit Owner's garage.
11.10 No exterior radio or television, antenna, aerial or satellite dish
or other similar structure or equipme,~t shall be erected or maintained without
the prior written consent of the Architectural Control Committee.
11.11 Pit bull dogs or other similar breeds or mixed breeds which
may, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Association, have
- the potential for vicious or dangerous behavior are prohibited. No pet may be
kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose whatsoever or become a
nuisance or .annoyance to other Dwelling Unit Owners. Dwelling Unit Owners
must pick up all solid wastes of their pets and dispose of such wastes
appropriately. All pets (including cats) must be leashed or carried by hand at
all times when outside the Dwelling Unit or Lot. No pet may be kept on a
baieony or terrace or in a Lot when its owner is not in the Dwelling Unit.
Without limiting the generality of other provisions of this Declaration, violations
of this paragraph shall entitle the Association to all of its rights and remedies,
including without limitation the right to fine Dwelling Unit Owners and/or to
-11-
ORB 5_' 1-19
require any pet, to be permanently removed from the Development upon three
(3) days written notice.
11.12 No tents and no temporary or accessory building or structure
shall be erected without the prior written consent of the Architectural Control
Committee.
11.13 Portions of Lots not improved by a building, walks, pool,
decks, or driveway shall be maintained as a landscaped area.
11.14 No nuisances shall be allowed upon the Development property
nor any use or practice which is the source of annoyances to residents or
which interfere with the peaceful possession and proper use of the Development
by its residents. All parts of the Development shall be kept in a clean and
sanitary condition and no rubbish, refuse or garbage shall be allowed to
accumulate or any fire hazard allowed to exist.
11.15 No immoral, unapproved, offensive or unlawful use shall be
made of the Development or any part tl~ereof; and all laws, zoning ordinances
and resolutions and regulations of aH governmental bodies having jurisdiction
thereof shall be observed.
11.16 All garbage and trash containers and oil and gas tanks must
be placed and maintained below ground level or in wailed-in areas so con-
structed as. to render the contents thereof hidden from view from adjoining
properties.
11.17 Except as reserved to the Developer, no Lot and/or Dwelling
Unit may be divided or subdivided into a smaller Unit nor any portion thereof
Sold or otherwise transferred without first amending this Declaration to show
the changes in the Dwelling Units to be affected thereby.
11.18 Provided, however, that until the Developer has completed all
of the contemplated improvements and closed the sales of all the Dwelling Units,
neither the Dwelling Unit Owners nor the Association shall interfere with the
completion of all contemplated improvements and the sale of all Dwelling Units,
and 'the Developer and any Parcel Owner to whom Developer specifically assigns
such rights may make such use of the unsold Dwelling Units and/or Common
Areas as may facilitate such completion and/or sale, including but not Hmited to
maintaining a sales office, showing of the property and displaying signs.
ARTICLE 12
12. Architectural Control. No building or other structure shall be
erected or maintained upon the property within the Development, nor shall any
exterior addition to or change or alteration thereof or of any appurtenances
thereto as elsewhere specified in this Declaration be made until the plans and
specification showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials and location of
the same shall have been submitted to and approved in writing as to harmony of
size, design, materials and location in relation to surrounding structures and
topography by an architectural committee ("Architectural Control Committee") of
no less than three (3) or more than five (5) representatives ~ppotnted by the
Association. Prior to Turnover all such representatives shall be appointed by
Developer. In the event the Architectural Control Committee fails to approve or
disapprove such design and location within thirty (30) days after said plans
and specifications have been submitted to it, approval will not ~be required and
~'~this paragraph will be deemed to have been fully complied with. The
Architectural Control Committee shall be permitted to employ "aesthetic"
grounds or reasons as the sole basis for denial or rejection of the proposed
plans and specifications. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to
or be operative against any Parcel, Lot or Dwelling Unit the title to which is in
the Declarant.
ARTICLE 13
13. Lot Improvement and Landscape Control. Any Owner of a Dwelling
Unit, who, subsequent to the purchase and transfer of the Dwelling Unit from
the Declarant, is desirous of improving said Dwelling Unit by construction or
landscaping shall do so only after obtaining the written consent from the
Architectural Control Committee as to the desired change; provided, however,
-12-
ORB 2 J 2
that this restriction shall not apply to the Declarant during such time as the
Declarant is constructing or improving the Dwelling Units of the Development.
ARTICLE 14
14. Taxes and Insurance.
14.1 Association Insurance. The insurance which shall be carried
by the AssOciation shall be governed by the following provisions:
a. Authority to Purchase. All insurance policies shall be
purchased by the As~'~iation for-ihe benefi[ of the Association and the Dwelling
Unit Owners. All policies purchased by the Association must be written by
insurance companies accepted and approved by the Institutional Lender holding
the largest aggregate dollar sum of mortgages encumbering Dwelling Units in
the Development, said sum to be ascertained at the time of purchase or renewal
of each policy.
b. Coverage.
i. casualty,. Ail buildings and improvements upon the
Common Areas and all personal property of the Association included in the
Common Area, are to be insured in an amount equal to the maximum insurable
replacement yah, e, as determined annually by the Board of Directors of the
Association, and all such insurance must be obtained, if possible, from the same
company. Such coverage shall provide protection against:
aa. Loss or damage by fire and other hazards
covered by a standard extended coverage endorsement, and flood disaster
ins~irance, if the Development is within a flood control area and does not fall
within any governmental exemptions.
bb. Such other risks as from time to time shall be
customarily covered with respect to buildings, if any, similar in construction,
location and use, including, but not limited to, vandalism and malicious
,nischief~
ii. Public Liability. In such amounts and with such
coverage as shall be required by the Board of Directors of the Association with
cross liability endorsements to cover liability of the Dwelling Unit Owners as a
group to a Dwelling Unit Owner.
iii. Workers' Compensation.
meet the requirements of the law.
As shall be required to
iv. Association Insurance. Such other insurance as the
Board of Directors of the A'~sociatton, in its ~t s~retion, may determine from time
to time to be in the best interest of the Association and the Dwelling Unit
Owners, including directors' liability insurance and fidelity bonding, or other
insurance that an Institutional Mortgagee may reasonably require, so long as it
is the owner of a mortgage on any Dwelling U~dt.
e. Premiums. Premiums for insurance policies purchased by
the Association shall ~e pa~y the Association.
d. Assured. All insurance policies purchased by the
Association shall be ~ benefit of the Association and the Dwelling Unit
Owners.
14.2 Dwelling Unit Owners Taxes. All real estate and personal
property taxes' assessed against a Dwell~nit shall be the responsibility of
that Dwelling Unit Owner.
14.3 Association Taxes and Insurance. The Association shall be
responsible for real property and personal property taxes assessed against
Cmnmon Areas and personal property owned by and/or the responsibility of the
Association. Further, the Association shall be responsible for the cost of all
insurance deemed necessary from time to time by the Association to afford
protection against loss. Such responsibility for taxes and insurance shall be
considered Common Expenses of the Association.
-13-
ORB.. 5 1q9 J
.. -_14.4..._Dwelling Unit Owner's InsurancE. Each Dwelling Unit Owner
(or uuo-assoelallon, as to condominium master p0Jicies) shall be responsible for
the purchase of homeowner's insurance (fire and casualty) insuring the Dwelling
Unit at not less than the maximum replacement value. Each such policy shall
name the Association as an additional loss payee subject only to the rights of an
Institutional Lender holding a mortgage encumbering the Dwelling Unit. The
r---~ssociation,, with the concurrence of said Mortgagee, [nay hold in trust any
nsuranee proceeds disbursed so as to ensure that repairs are made as set forth
n Article 6.5. Each Dwelling Unit Owner or Sub-Association, as applicable,
shall furnish to the Association evidence of insurance in compliance with this
Article within ten (10) days prior to any expiration thereof.
ARTICLE 15
15. Terms of Covenants and Restrictions.
15. I Duration. All of the foregoing covenants, conditions,
reservations, an~t---~'tions shall continue and remain in full force and effect
at all times as against the Owner of any Dwelling Unit in the Development,
regardless of how said Owner acquired title, until the commencement of the
calendar year 2037, on which date these covenants, conditions, reservations,
and rest,'Ictions shall terminate and end, and thereafter be of no further legal
or equitable effect on the lands of the Development or any Owner thereof; pro-
vialed, however, that these covenants, conditions, reservations, and restrictions
shah be automatically extended for a period of ten (10) years, and thereafter in
successive 10-year periods unless on or before the end of the initial term or
any extension term. the owners of a majority of the Dwelling Units in the
Development shall by written instrument duly recorded declare a termination of
same.
15.2 Enforcement. The Association or any Unit Owner shall have
~'~he right to enfo-'~"by any proceeding at law or in equity all restrictions,
onditions, covenants, reservations, liens and charges now or hereafter imposed
:y the provision of this Declaration. Failure by the Association or by any
Owner to enforce any covenant or restriction herein contained shall in no event
be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter.
ARTICLE 16
16. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided herein this Declaration
may be am~d frbm time to time, only upon the vote of not less than
'seventy-five (75%) percent of the votes held by the Members and subject to
approval of Institutional Lenders of seventy-five (75%) percent of the Dwelling
Units suld the Land Mortgagee; provided, however, that until the Developer has
completed all of the contemplated improvements and closed the sale of all
Dwelling Units within the Development, no amendment(s) to this Declaration
which affect Developer's completion or marketing of the Development shall be
effective, unless joined in by the Developer. It is further provided that in
order to be effective any amendment to this Declaration must be recorded in the
Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida.
16.1 Developer's Right to Amend. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary,-th~ Develope~- reserves the right to alter and amend this
Declaration, as it deems necessary and/or appropriate for the protection and
enhancement of the Development or if such amendment is requested by an
~I,nstitutional Lender ss a requirement for such lender to make a mortgage loan
~ a Dwelling Unit and does not materially and adversely affect the rights of
.cisting Dwelling Unit Owners, and the Developer shall not require the joinder
~; any Dwelling Unit Owners or mortgagees (excePt as otherwise specifically
provided herein), prior to Turnover.
16.2 Additions to the Development. Prior to Turnover, the
Declarant shall i~Ve the'right, but Shall 'be Under no obligation, to bring
within the scope of this Declaration such additional real property as it, in its
sole discretion, shall deem appropriate. Such additional real property must,
however, be contiguous to the Development and within the boundaries of the
Plat. The additions authorized by this paragraph may be made by the
Declarant without the consent of the Association, the Community Association,
any Owner, mortgagee or Shy other person or entity, by recording among the
Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida, a supplemental Declaration with
-14-
respect to the additional property
covenants, restrictions, easements,
such property.
which shail extend the scope of the
charges and liens of this Declaration to
16.3 Non-Discrimination. No amendment shall discriminate against
any Dwelling Un£{-~Owner or aga~t~st any Dwelling Unit, or class or group of
Dwelling Units, unless the Dwelling Unit Owners so affected and their Institu-
tional Lenders shall consent. No amendment shall make any change in Articles
16 and 17 hereof unless the record owners of all mortgages upon all Dwelling
Units and the Land Mortgagee shall join in the execution of such amendment.
ARTICLE 17
17. Developer's Rights Prior to Turnover.
17.1 Limitations on Right to Act. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary containe-~~n,-'~---p'~[or to uT'~-~'nover, Developer shall have full
authority to act in the best interest of the Development, in Developer"s sole
discretion, without the consent or approval of any Owners, respecting any and
all matters affecting the Development and the Association, subject only to the
following:
a. Rights of Institutional Lenders and the Land Mortgagee
specifically set forth herein.
Declaration.
b. Easements of record prior to the date of filing of this
c. Rules and regulations of governmental entities having
jurisdiction hereof.
d. Article 9.8 of this Declaration.
17.2 Assessments. After the commencement date of payment of
monthly Common Expenses, in the event there are unsold Lots and/or Dwelling
Units, the Developer retains the right to be the owner of said unsold Lots
and/or Dwelling Units. During such time as the Developer continues to be the
Owner of a Lot and/or Dwelling Unit, the Developer shall be obligated to pay
only that portion of the Common Expenses incurred which exceeds the amount
assessed against other Dwelling Unit Owners. In no event, however, shall the
Developer be req~dred to pay as to each Lots and/or Dwelling Unit owned by it,
an amount exceeding the obligation of a~y other Dwelling Unit Owner for a
single Dwelling Unit. Should the Developer contribute to the Common Expenses
a sum greater than is required hereunder, the Association shall be obligated to
reimburse the Developer therefor.
17.3 No Amendments. NotWithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the provisions of th s~-Arttcle shall not be subject to any amendment
until the Developer has sold all of the Lots and/or Dwelling Units in the
Development.
17.4 Transfer of Association Control. The transfer of control of
the Association to the Owners shall-take place at a meeting of Members in
accordance with Article 2 of the By-Laws.
ARTICLE 18
18. Sales Office. For so long as Developer owns any Lots and/or
Dwelling Units with nt-6- the Development, the Developer shall have the right ~o
transact any business including, but not limited to, the right to maintain model
Dwelling Units, have signs, employees in the offices, use the Common Areas for
construction and sales purposes, display Dwelling Units and grant and reserve
easements as may be necessary for such purposes. Sales offices, signs, and all
sales and promotional items shall remain the property of Developer. These
rights are assignable by Developer, in whole or in part, to any Parcel Owner,
which assignment(s) shall be in writing and recorded among the Public Records
of Palm Beach County, Florida.
-15-
ARTICLE 19
19. Severabiltty. The invalidation in whole or in part of any these
covenants, eo/idtti0i{~, reservations, and restrictions or any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase, word or other provision of this Declaration
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions which shall remain in full
· ~force and effect.
19.1 In the event any court shall hereafter determine that any provision as
originally drafted herein violates the rule against perpetuities, the period
specified in thin Declaration shall not thereby become invalid, but instead shall
be reduced to the maximum period allowed under such rules of law.
ARTICLE 20
20. ,~~ees. The holders of first mortgages on any Lot or
Dwelling ~~]~rtgagee shall have the following rights in addition
to any other rights granted to them herein or elsewhere.
20.1 ~ayment of Taxes on Common Areas. The Association shall
pay all and singular the taxes, assessments, le-~es,~abilities, obligations, and
encumbrances of every nature on said Common Areas, each and every, and if
the same be not promptly paid, any such first mortgagee, its successors or
assigns, may at any time pay the same without waiving or affecting the option
to foreclose or any right hereunder, and every payment so made shall bear
interest from the date thereof at the highest rate then permitted by law and
shall be due and payable forthwith on demand.
20.2 Pa_~_ment of Insurance Premiums. The Association shall keep
and maintain suc~-~-h-~n~-d on the Comm~n Areas as shall be required by the
By-Laws of the Association from time to time. In the event such premiums shall
~'~ot be promptly paid, any such first mortgagee, its successors or assigns, may
at any time pay the same or obtain alternative coverage without waiving or
pffecting the option to foreclose or any right hereunder, and every payment so
made shall bear interest from the date thereof at the highest rate then
permitted by law and shall be due and payable fortl~with on demand.
20.3 Notice of Defaults. Any such first mortgagee shall have the
right, upon wrtt~e-n request, to require that the Association notify it of any
default not cured within sixty (60) days thereof of any of its obligations
herein.
20.4 .Copy of Financial Statement. Any such first mortgagee shall
be entitled, upon written request, to receive a copy of the Association's
financial statement for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Declarant herein, has
hereunto set its hand and seal this fi; ~_/ day of '=
.?-,.-'-: z~"~,l..:'x _, 1987.
WITNESSES:
COSCAN FLORIDA, .INC., a Florida
corporation
-16-
ORB ~!~rlc2 P~ ~1 ~
STATE OF FLORIDA )
)
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
The foregoing instrument was, acknowledged before, me this ~ day of
~':J~r)~)~J~ , 1987 b '
y ...}. EI~i/v4_'K~-~Iz,~ ........ , as V~-'.~L~tf~ ' -' ~ of
..~DA, INC., a Flo~da corporation, on behalf of the co~~.?.
.... ~ ,~:,.. .
My Commission ~xptres. · : "~.'
· .
-17-
ORI~ 5~1")9 P~ 21 7
JOINDER AND CONSENT OF MORTGAGER
~_~the undersigned, or the priority of the lien created thereby.
EXECUTED this _?~-~ day of_ ~_-}<..£5~1.~( ~' , 19'~/j~.
MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST COMPANY, tile owner and holder of a
mortgage encumbering the land described in the foregoing Declaration, hereby
consents to the terms and conditions of said Declaration. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to or in any way limit or affect the mortgage held by
WITNESSES:
STATE OF NEW YORK
)
) SS:
)
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST
COMPANY, a New York banking
corporation
--.;,., The. foregoing instrument was acknowledffed before me tht. ///L( a .... ·
' . .' ~ ~ y ~ ~ - ~ ~ " ---~ ~' ~-' k ' 8S
~,,~t~[, a New ~orK banking corporation, on beh~f of the corporation.
My Commissto~ ~ "
~xpires: k
-18-
JOINDER AND CONSENT OF
QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION· INC.
Quail Run Master Association, Inc. hereby joins in the foregoing
Declaration for the purposes of acknowledging the consent of tile Association to
the Declaration and the undertaking of the rights and responsibilities therein
provided.
EXECUTED this ~ day
WITNESSES:
STATE OF FLORIDA )
) SS:
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
· 1987.
QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION,
INC.
,-'x The foregoing instrument was acknowled ed before m
~..~L' '- . _-:.~ - g e this ,~ day of
_- -~.[~/t~l~,-- , 1987, b J -* *. := '- -
on behalf of the corporation. · ,,-pront corporation,
: .
( fi': /,.. ....' .
/"~¢'', __ ' . ,~ . . . .
Notary Public, STATE OF FLORI~---'-~.
My Commission Expires:
R~T,iUI¥ PUBL..'I~ STITE 01r FLO'RI'DII
24/QLW
-19-
EXItlBIT A
TO
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS
EASEMENTS AND LIENS
FOR QUAIL RUN
Legal Description
All of the plat of Quail Lake East and Tracts One and Two,
according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 50,
pages 3-5, Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida
together with all of the plat of Quail Run, according to plat
thereof, recorded in Plat Book 57, page 100, Public Records
of Palm Beach County, Florida.
25~22/QLW
EXHIBIT B
TO
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS
EASEMENTS AND LIENS
FOR QUAIL RUN
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
QUAIL RUN
MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
ORB ~F)9 Pe ~?~
I certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of the Articles
of Incorporation of
QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florlda,
flied on DECEMBER 2, 1987.
T/se document number of this corporation is N23722
A NON PROFIT CORPORATION
CR2E022
~reat ~enl of tl~ ~tnt~ M~loriba,
at ~alla~u~ee, t~e ~nFita[, t~ ~ tile
2nd ba~ of December 1987.
3Jim ~mitl1
~ecreL~r~ uf ,~tate
CR2E040 (8-87)
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
QUAIL RUN
MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
The undersigned hereby executes and acknowledges these Articles for the
purpose of forming a corporation not-for-profit under Chapter 617 Florida
Statutes, and certifies as follows: '
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation shah be Quail Run Master Association, Inc.,
which corporation shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Association".
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
The pu,-pose and object of the Association shall be to administer the opera-
tion and management of all common areas ("Common Areas") within Quail Run,
located in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, (the "Development");
and to undertake the performance of the acts and duties, incident to the
administration of the operation and management of said Common Areas and other
properties located within the Development, in accordance with the terms,
provisions, conditions and authorizations contained in these Articles of
Incorporation, and which may be contained in the formal Declaration of
Covenants, Restrictions, Easements and Liens for Quail Run (the "Declaration")
which shall be recorded in the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida;
and to take and hold fee simple title to the Common Areas and to operate,
lease, mortgage, sell, trade and otherwise deal with such property, whether
real or personal, as may be necessary or convenient in the administration and
maintenance of the above-referenced property; and further, to foster a
residential community throughout the Development.
ARTICLE III
POWER8
The Association shall have the following powers:
1. The Association shail have all of the common law and statutory
powers of a corporation not-for-profit under the laws of Florida which are not
in conflict with the terms of these Articles and the Declaration and all of the
powers and duties reasonably necessary to implement and effectuate the pur-
poses of the Association, as herein above set forth, including, but not limited
to, tile following:
~(a) To make, establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations
governing the use of the Common Areas as such terms are further defined by
the Declaration. '
(b). To make and collect assessments against members of the Asso-
ciation to defray the costs, expenses and losses of the Association.
(a) To u~e the proceeds of assessments in the exercise of its powers
and duties.
(d) To undertake the maintenance, repair, replacement and operation
of the Common Areas end/or property leased or acquired by the Association for
the benefit of Its members.
(e) To purchase insurance upon the Common Areaa and insurance for
the protection of'the Association and lt~ member~.
(f) To reconstruct the tmprovementa upon the Common Areaa after
more owners of one Dwelling Unit shall be determined by the By-Laws of the
Association. '
ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS
1. The affairs of the Association will be managed by a Board consisting
of the number of directors as shall be 'determined by the By-Laws of the Asso-
ciation, but shall not be less than three (3) in number. In the absence of a
determination as to the number of members, the Board of Directors shall consist
of three (3) directors.
2. The Directors of the Association shall be elected at the annual meet-
ing of the members in the manner determined by the By-Laws. Directors may
be removed and vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled in the
manner provided by the By-Laws.
3. The first election of directors by the membership of the Association
shall be held upon Turnover.
4. The directors herein named shall serve until the first election of
directors by Association members, and any vacancies in the number occurring
before the first election shall be filled by the remaining directors.
5. The names and addresses of the members of the first Board of Direc-
tors who shall hold office until their successors are elected and have qualified
or until removed, are as follows:
~NAME ADDRESS
James E. MacI<enzte
Robert p. Burnett
Robert C. Ackerman
Suite 400, East Building
1900 Corporate Blvd., N.W.
Boca Retch, Florida 33431
Suite 400, East Building
1900 Corporate Blvd., N.W.
.Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Suite 400, East Building
1900 Corporate Blvd., N.W.
Boca Retch, Florida 33431
ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS
The affairs of the Association shall initially be administered'by the officers
named in these Articles of Incorporation and any vacancy shall be filled by
appointment of the first Board of Directors. After the Developer has relin-
quished control of the Association, the officers shall be elected by the Board of
~Directors at its first meetinK following the first meeting of the members of the
Association at which the Board of Directors is elected. The officers shall serve
foe an annual term at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The names and
.addresses of the officers who shall serve until thet~ successors are designated
by the Board of Directors elected by the membership of the As~ziation are as
follows: '
NAME AND ADDER88
· lames E. MaeKensie
3uite 400, East Building
1900 Corporate Blvd.,
Boca Eaton, Florida 33431
OFFICE(8)
President
Robert p. Burnett
Suite 400, East B~fllding
1900 Corporate Blvd., N.M.
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Vice-President
Robert C. Aekerman
Suite 400, East Building
1900 Corporate Blvd,, N.W.
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Secretary and Treasurer
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
Every director and every officer of the Association shall be indemnified by
the Association against ali expenses and liabilities, including counsel fees rea-
sonably incurred by or imposed upon him in connection with any proceeding to
which he may be a party, or in which he may become involved by reason of his
being or having been a director of officer of the Association, whether or not he
is e director or officer at the time such expenses are incurred, except in such
cases wherein the director or officer is adjudged guilty of willful misfeasance or
malfeasance in the performance of his duties; provided that in that event of a
settlement, indemnification shall apply only when the Board of Directors approve
such settlement and reimbursement as being in the best interests of the Asso-
ciation. The foregoing right of indemnification shall be in addition to, and not
exclusive of all other rights to which such director or officer may be entitled.
ARTICLE VIII
BY-LAWS
The first By-Laws. of the Association shall be adopted by the Board of
Directors named herein and may be altered, amended or rescinded in the
..... manner provided in the By-Laws.
ARTICLES IX
AMENDMENTS
Amendments to these Articles of Incorporation shall be proposed and
adopted in the following manner:
1. N°tie~ of the subject matter of a proposed amendment shall be
included in the notice of any meeting at which a proposed amendment is to be
considered.
2. A resolution approving a proposed amendment may be proposed by
either the Board of Directors or by any one (1) or more members of the Asso-
ciation. Directors and members not present in person or by proxy at the
meeting considering the amendment may express their approval in writing,
provided such approval is delivered to the Secretary of the Association at or
prior to the meeting; and
(a) Such approval must be by not less than seventy-five percent
(75%) of the entire membership of the Board of Directors and by not less than
seventy-five percent (75%) of the votes of the entire membership of the Asso-
ciation; or ~
(b) By not less than eighty percent (80%) of the entire membership
~f the Association.
3. No amendment shall make any, changes In the qualifications for mem-
bership or in voting rights of members, or any change in Paragraphs 2 and/or
3 of Article IV hereof without approval in writing by all members.
4. A copy of each amendment to the Articles of Incorporation! as
approved shall be accepted and certified by the Secretary of State and recorded
in the PubHo Records of Palm Beach County, Florida.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article IX, the Developer
reserves the right to alter and amend these Articles of Incorporation, as it
deems necessary and/or appropriate /'or the protection and enhancement of the
Development, and the Developer shall not require or need the Joinder of 'any
member prior te Turnover; provided, however, that any such amendment shall
require the approval and consent of ail institutional mortgagees of record.
Ii. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, which
affects Developer's construction or completion of the Development or its
marketing of Dwelling Units, no amendment of these Articles shall be adopted or
become effective without the prior written consent of the Developer it
successors or assigns. '
ARTICLE X
TERM
The Association shall have perpetual existence,
ARTICLE XI
DEVELOPER
Wherever referred to herein or in the Bylaws of the Association, the term
"Developer" shall mean Coscan Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation and its
successors and assigns. '
ARTICLE XII
INCORPORATOR
The name 'and address of the incorporator of these Articles of Incorpo-
ration is as follows:
NAME ADDRESS
Marc J. Sternbaum
201 Alhambra Circle
12th Floor,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
ARTICLE Xlll
REGISTERED AGENT
The initial Registered Agent of the Association shall be Barry N, Semet,
whose address ia 201 Alhambra Circle, 12th Floor, Coral Gables, Florida 33134.
ARTICLE XIV.
INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE
The initial registered office of the Association shah be located at 201
Alhambra Circle, 12th Floor, Coral Gables, Florida 33134.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, tl~e incorporator has hereto affixed his signature
on this ~ day of __ ~-/i.3~'_~'~r~ _~_'. 19 ~ ~.
ORB ~r}9 P~ '"'""
STATE OF FLORIDA )
) SS:
COUNTY OF DADR )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this
_~C~2_~/' , 198.~_, by MARC J. STERNBAUM, as Incorporator.
day of
W-~y~P--U- 51 [ c v-
My Commission Expires:
25/QLW
CERTIFICATE DESIGNATING RESIDENT AGENT
AND REGISTERED OFFICE
In accordance with Chapter 48.091, Florida Statutes, the
following designation and acceptance is submitted in compliance
thereof.
DESIGNATION
QUAIL RUN MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., desiring to organize under
the laws of the State of Florida, hereby designates Barry N. Semet
its registered agent and 201 Alhambra Circle, 12th Floor, Coral
Gables, Florida 33134 as its registered office.
ACCEPTANCE
Having been named as registered agent for the above named
corporation, I hereby agree to act in such capacity for such
:orporation at its registered office.
(Regis '~-~/ed Agent)
5509 ~ 229
EXHIBIT C
TO
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS
EASEMENTS AND LIENS
QUAIL RUN
BY-LAWS
OF
QUAIL RUN
MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
BY-LAWS
OF
QUAIL RUN
MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
A Corporation Not-for-Profit Under
the Laws of the State of Florida
1. IDENTITY.
These are the By-Laws of Quail Run Master Association, Inc. (hereinafter
the "Association"), the Articles of Incorporation of which were filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida on the day of
198 The Association has been organized for~purpose
o--f holding title"i~ fee~imple to and administering the operation and management
of the common areas of Quail Run ("Development") located in Boynton Beach,
Palm Beach County, Florida, and all of the recreation and! or community
facilities located upon said lands. The Association will administer the operation
and management of such common areas and community facilities pursuant to
these By-Laws and the Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions, Easements and
Liens for Quail Run (the "Declaration").
1.1 Office. The office of the Association shall be at Suite 400, East
Building, 1-0-0-0'-~orporate Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, Florida 33431, or at such
other place or places as the Board of Directors may determine from time to
time.
1.2 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
1.3 Seal. The seal of the Association shall have inscribed thereon the
name of the---Kssociation, the year of its organization and tile words "Corpo-
ration Not-for-Profit". Said seal may be used by causing it, or a facsimile
thereof, to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced upon any instrument
or document executed in the name of the Association.
2. MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERS' MEETINGS.
2.1 Qualification. The membership of the Association shall consist of all
those persons entitled to membership as provided in the Declaration.
2.2 Change of Membership. After receiving approval of the Association,
as elsewhere required, change of membership in the Association shall be
established by recording in the Public Records. of Palm Beach County, Florida,
a deed or other i~strument establishing a record title to a parcel, lot or
dwelling unit in the Development and delivery to the Association of a certified
copy of such instrument, the grantee in such Instrument thereby immediately
becoming a member of the Association in the place and' stead of the prior
owner, The membership of a prior owner shall thereby be simultaneously
terminated.
2.3 Annual Members' Meeting. The annual meeting shall be held at the
office of tl~e--~--A~sociation or at succ"h other place as may be designated in the
notice of meeting on the first Tuesday in November of each year for the
purpose of electing directors and transacting any other business; provided that
if the date for the first annual meeting of members subsequent to
relinqnishment of control by Developer is less than six (6) months after the
first election of directors by the membership of the Association, the first annual
meeting shall not be held, and the directors-first elected by the membership of
the Association shall serve until the date for the next following annual meeting,
2.4 Special Members' Meetings. Special Members meetings shall be held
at the offlc-~'-6f the Association 0~-at- such other place as may be designated in
the notice of meeting whenever called by the President, Vice President or a
majority of the Board of Directors and]or by the members entitled to cast
one-third (1/3) of the votes of the entire membership. The business conducted
at a special meeting shall be limited to that stated in the notice of the meeting.
ORP,
2.5 Transfer of Association Control. The transfer of control of the
Association-To the' Owners shall take place at a regular or special meeting of
members in accordance with the procedural requirements set forth in this
Article.
2.6 Notice of Meetings. Notice of all members' meetings stating the time
and place ~-~d the" Object fob-which the meeting is called shall be given by the
President, Vice President or Secretary, unless waived in writing. Such notice
shall be written or printed and shall state the time, place and object for which
the meeting is called. Such notice shall be given to each member not less than
fourteen (14) days, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date set for
such meeting, which notice shall be mailed or presented personally to each
member within said time. If presented personally, receipt for such notice shall
be signed by the member, indicating the date on which such notice was
received by him. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be properly given
when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the member at the last
post office address as said member's address appears on the records of the
Association and the postage thereon pre-paid. Proof of such mailing shall be
given by the affidavit of the person giving the notice. Any member may, by
written notice signed by such member, waive such notice, and such waiver
when filed in the records of the Association. whether before or after the hold-
ing of the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice of
such member.
2.7 Quorum. A quorum at members' meetings shall consist of the pres-
ence in person or by proxy of one-third (1/3) of the votes of the entire
membership. The acts approved by a majority of the votes present at a meet-
ing at which a quorum is present shall constitute the acts of the members,
except where approval by a greater number of members is required by the
Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
2.8 y~. In any meeting of members, the owners of lots other than
,,
Developer ~ l~ass A Members ) shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each
Dwelling Unit so owned or permitted to be built on any lot or parcel, as
provided in the Declaration, provided that if a Dwelling Unit is owned by more
than one (1) person, his right to vote shall be established on the roster of
Dwelling Unit Owners kept by the Secretary of the Association. If a Dwelling
Unit is owned by more than one (1) person, the person entitled to cast the
vote for the Dwelling Unit shall be designated by a certificate signed by all of
the record owners of said Dwelling Unit and filed with the-Secretary of the
Association. If a Dwelling Unit is owned by a corporation, the person entitled
to cast the vote for lhe corporation shall be designated by a certificate signed
by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary or assistant
secretary of the corporation and filed with the Secretary of the Association.
Such certificates shall be valid until revoked or until superseded by a
subsequent certificate or until a change in the ownership of the Dwelling Unit
concerned takes place, and in the event that such change of ownership
transpires, such change of ownership shall be evidenced by the recordtnff of a
deed transferring title to the subject Dwelling Unit in the Public Records of
Palm Beach County, Florida. A certificate designating the person entitled to
cast the vote of a Dwelling Unit may be revoked by any owner thereof. If
such .a certificate is not on file, the vote of such owners shail not be
considered in determining the .requirement for a quorum or for any other
purpose. Until Turnover (as defined in the Declaration), Developer ("Class B
Member") shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot or Dwelling Unit
owned by it.
2.9 Proxies. Votes may be cast in person or by proxy. A proxy may
be made by any person entitled to vote sz~d shall be valid only for the particu-
lar meeting designated thereon and must be filed with the Secretary before the
appointed time of the meeting, or by any adjournment thereof.
2.10 .Adjourned Meetings. If any meeting of members cannot be organized
because a quorum is not present, the members who are present, either in
person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum
is present.
-2-
2.11 Presiding Officer. At meetings of the membership· the President
shall preside, or in his~ a~b-sence, the Vice President shall preside· or in the
absence of both, the membership shall select a chairman.
2.12 Order of Business. The order of business at annual members' meet-
ings shall be: '
2.12.1 Determination of chairman of the meeting;
2.12.2 Calling of the roll and certifying of proxies;
2.12.3 Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice;
2.12.4 Reading and disposal of any unapproved minutes;
2.12.5 Reports of officers;
2.12.6 Reports of Committees;
2,12.7 Election of inspectors of election;
2.12.8 Election of directors;
2.12.9 Unfinished business;
2.12.10 New Business; and
2.12.11 Adjournment.
2.13 Proviso. Provided, however· that until Turnover the proceedings
__of all eetmgs of members of the Association shall have no effect unless
m ~ ·
expressly approved in writing by the Board of Directors.
3. DIRECTORS.
3.1 Membership. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a
Board of D{rectors and the ri. umber of directors shall be determined as follows:
3.1.1 Three (3) directors initially, which number shall remain the
same until the Developer relinquishes control as hereinafter provided for, and
the first election for members of the Board of Directors is held.
3.1.2 Seven (7) directors to be elected at the first election of
directors, with each Sub-Association to elect, in such manner as it may deem
appropriate, one of the directors.
3.1.3 The number'of directors shall remain seven (7) unless said
number shall be changed by a vote of the Association membership at a meeting
to be held. at least six (6) months prior to the time for the election of the
Board of Directors. The number of directors shall always be an odd number.
3.2 Replacement and Removal.
3.2.1 Except as to vacancies provided by removal of directors by
members, vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring between annual meet-
.... ings of members shall be filled by the remaining directors.
3.2.2 Any director may be removed by concurrence of two-thirds
(2/3) of the votes of the entire membership, at a special meeting of the
members called for that purpose. The vacancy in the Board of Directors so
created shall be filled by the members of the Association at the same meeting.
3.2.3 Provided, however, that until Turnover, the first directors of
the Association shall serve, and in the event of vacancies, the remaining
directors shall fill the vacancies. If there are no remaining directors, the
vacancies shall be filled by the Developer.
-3-
3.3 Term. The term of each director's service shall extend until the
next annual'-~ting of the members and thereafter until his successor is duly
elected and qualified or until he is removed in the manner elsewhere provided.
3.4 Organizational Meeting. The organizational meeting of a newly-
91ected Boa~Directors shall ~e held within ten (10) days after their election
such place and ti[ne as shal~l be fixed by the directors at the meeting at
~hich they were elected, and no further notice of the organization meeting shall
necessary.
3.5 Regular Meeting_~. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held at-S~h time and place as shall be determined from time to time by a
majority of the directors. Notice of regular meetings shall be given to each
director, personally or by mail or by telephone or telegraph, at least three (3)
days prior to the day named for such meeting.
3.6 S_~ecial Meetings. Special meetings of the directors may be called by
the Presiden~-~nd must ~ called by the Secretary at the written request of
one-third (1/3) of the directors. No less than three (3) days' notice of the
meeting shall be given personally or by mail, telephone or telegraph, which
notice shall state the time, place and purpose of the meeting.
3.7 Waiver of Notice. Any director may waive notice of a meeting before
or after the m~-~t-{ng, and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to the giving
of notice.
3.8 Quorum. A quorum at directors' meetings shall consist of a majority
of the entire Board of Directors. The acts approved by a majority of those
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute the acts of
the Board of Directors, except when approval by a greater number of directors
is required by the Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
3.9 Adjourned Meeting. If, at any meeting of the Board of Directors,
· ~here be less than a quorum present, the majority of those present may adjourn
the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. At any adjourned
meeting any business which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally called may be transacted without further notice.
3.10 Joh~der in Meeting by Approval of Minutes. The joinder of a
director in-fhe ac'tion of a m~eting by Sf-~ling---~-~d concurring in the minutes
thereof shall constitute the presence of such director for the purpose of
determining a quorum.
3.11 Presiding Officer. The presiding officer of directors' meetings shall
be the Chmrman o--~oard if such an officer has been elected; and if none,
the President shall preside. In the absence of the presiding officer, the direc-
tors present shall designate one of their number to preside.
3.1.2 Order of .Business.
shall be:
The order of business at directors' meetings
3.12.1 Calling of roll;
3.12.2 Proof of due notice of meeting;
3.12.3 Reading and disposal of any unapproved minutes;
3.12.4 Reports of officers and committees;
3.12.5 Election of officers;
3.12.6 Unfinished business; and
3.12~7 Adjournment.
4. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TIlE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
4.1 General. All of the powers and duties of the Association existing
under the D-d~tton, the Articles of Incorporation and these By-Laws, shall
-4-
elect such other officers and designate their powers and duties as the Board
shall find to be required to manage the affairs of the Association.
5.1.1 President. The President shall be the chief executive officer
of the Association. He shall have all of the powers and duties which are
usually vested in the office of president of an association, including, but not
limited to, the power to appoint committees from among the members from time
to time, as he may in his discretion deem appropriate to assist in the conduct
of the affairs of the Association.
5.1.2 Vice President. The Vice President shall, in the absence or
disability of tl~e P-~"e~{dent, exercise the powers and perform the duties of the
President. lie shall also assist the President generally and exercise such other
powers and perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by the directors.
5.1.3 Secreta.ry. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all
proceedings of th~-a'l-~-~ors and the members. He, shall attend to the giving
and serving of all notices to the members and directors and other notices
required by law. He shall have custody of the seal of the Association and affix
the same to instruments requiring a seal when duly executed. He shall keep
the records of the Association, except those of the Treasurer, and shall
perform all other duties incident to the office of secretary of an association and
as may be required by the directors or the President. The Assistant Secretary
shall perform the duties of the Secretary when the Secretary is absent.
5.1.4 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of all property
of the Association', includl-~g funds, securities and evidences of indebtedness.
lle shall keep books of account for the Association in accordance with good
accounting practices, which, together with substantiating papers, shah be made
available to the Board of Directors for examination at reasonable times. He
~--shall submit a Treasurerfs report to the Board of Directors at reasonable
intervals and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of Treasurer.
5.2 Compensation. Officers and directors of the Association shail receive
no compensa"~l~b~t mhy be reimbursed by the Association for approved and
necessary expenses incurred in their duties. This provision shall not preclude
the Board of Directors from employing a director or an officer as an employee
of the Association, nor preclude the contracting with a director or officer for
the management of the common areas and recreation and/or community facilities.
6. FISCAL MANAGEMENT.
The provisions for fiscal management of the Association set forth in the
Declaration and the Articles of Incorporation shall be supplemented by the
following provisions:
6.1 Accounts. The receipts and expenditures of the Association shall be
credited anted to accounts which shall include, but not limited to, the
following classifications as shall be appropriate, all of whtqh expenditures shall
be common expenses:
6.1.1 Current Expenses. Current expenses, shah include all
receipts and expehdiiures to be made within the year for which the budget is
made, including a reasonable allowance for contingencies and working funds,
except expenditures chargeable to reserve or to betterments. The balance in
this fund at the end of the year shah be applied to reduce the assessments for
current expenses for the succeeding year.
6.1.2 Reserve for Deferred Maintenance. Reserve for deferred
maintenance shall "th-~lul-U~Unds for maint~"fi~'-h'~e it'd'ms which occur less fre-
quently than annually.
6.1.3 Reserve for Replacement. Reserve for replacement shall
include funds for repair or replacement required because of damage, depre-
ciation or obsolescence.
6.1.4 Betterments. Betterments shall include the funds which may
be used for capFi-~ expe'n'aitures for additional improvements or additional
personal property.
-6-
be exercised exclusively by the Board of Directors, its agents, contractors or
employees, 'subject only to approval by Dwelling Unit Owners when such
approval is specifically required. Such powers and duties of the directors shall
include, but not be limited to, the following; subject, however, to the
provisions of the Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation and these By-Laws:
4.1.1 To purchase insurance upon the common areas and common
property of the Association, which shall include, but not be limited to,
furniture, office equipment and recreational facilities and workmens'
compensation insurance as required by the laws of the State of Florida and to
purchase additional insurance, which the Association in Its discretion deems
advisable, for the protection of the Association and its members.
4.1.2 To make and collect assessments, including specific unit
assessments, as provided in the Declaration, against members of the Association
to defray the costs, expenses and losses of the Development and the Asso-
ciation.
4.1.3 To contract for the management of the common areas and/or
community facilities and to delegate to the contractor all powers and duties of
the Association, except such as are specifically required by the Declaration or
these By-Laws to have approval by the Board of Directors or the members of
the Association.
4.1.4 To acquire and enter into agreements whereby it acquires
leaseholds, memberships and other possessory or use interests in lands or
facilities, whether or not contiguous to the lands of the Development, intended
to provide for the enjoyment, recreation or other use and benefit of the Dwell-
ing Unit Owners, and to declare expenses in connection therewith to be common
expenses.
4.1.5 To merge with other homeowners' associations, whether or not
contiguous to the lands of the development, on such terms and conditions as
the Association may determine to be in the interest of the Dwelling Unit owners.
4.1.6 To pay all costs of electric power, gas, water, sewer and
other utility aery/cea rendered to the common areas sa~d not billed to the owners
of the Lots or Dwelling Units.
4.1.7 To enforce by legal means, the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation, these By-Laws and the Declaration, and the rules and regu-
lations hereinafter promulgated, governing the use of the common areas and/or
community facilities.
4.2 Rules and Regulations. The Board of Directors shall adopt such
rules and regulations rel~/tive '[b ihe common areas and/or community facilities as
they shah deem necessary and proper from time to time; provided, however,
that the Developer reserves the right to establish such rules and regulations
until such time as the Developer terminates its control of the Association.
4.3 Leases and Contracts. The undertakings, leases. 'and contracts
authorized ~-y~nIttal Board "of Directors shall be binding upon the Asso-
ciation in the same manner and with the same effect aa though such under-
takings, leases and contracts had been authorized by the first Board of
Directors, duly elected by the membership after the Developer has relinquished
control of the Association, notwithstanding the fact that members of the initial
Board of Directors may be directors or officers of, or otherwise associated
with, the Developer or other entities doing business with the Association.
5. OFFICERS.
5.1 Executive Officers. The executive officers of the corporation shall
be a Presi~--~t, who shall be a director; a Vice President, who shall be a
director; a Treasurer, a Secretary and an Assistant Secretary, all of whom
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and who may be pre-
emptorily removed by vote of the directors at any meeting by concurrence of a
majority of all of the directors. Any person may hold two (2) or more offices,
except that the President shah not also serve as the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Association. The Board of Directors shall, from time to time,
6.2 Transfer of Funds. The Board of Directors, upon a two-thirds
(2/3) vote 'of Its membership, shall have the authority, during a budget year,
to transfer funds which, in its discretion, it deems unnecessary to hold for the
purpose of a particular account, to and for the use of another purpose in
another account.
6.3 ~. The Board of Directors shall adopt a budget for each
calendar year which shall include the estimated funds required to defray the
common expenses and to provide and maintain funds for accounts and reserves,
including, but not limited to, the following according to good accounting
practices:
6.3.1 Current Ex~. Current expenses, shall include all funds
~nd expenditures ~ ~ ~a~-~- w~ the year for which the funds are budgeted
and may include a reasonable allowance for contingencies and working funds.
The balance in this fund at the end of the year shall be applied to reduce the
assessments for current expenses for the succeeding year or to fund reserves.
6.3.2 Reserve for Deferred Maintenance. Reserve for deferred
maintenance shall include funds for n~l-~enance items which occur less fre-
quently than annually.
6.3.3 Reserve for Replacem_n__en~t. Reserve for replacement shall
include funds for repair or replacement required because of damage, depre-
ciation or obsolescence.
6.3.4 Betterments. Betterments shall include the funds to be used
for capital expenditures for additional improvements or additional . personal
property which will be part of the common area, recreational and/or community
facilities, the amount for which shall not exceed the sum of Twenty-Five
Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars; provided, however, that in the expenditure of
this fund, no sum in excess of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars shall be
expended for a single item or purpose unless such betterment has been
approved by the members of the Association, in the manner required by the
Declaration.
6.3.5 Developer Not Subject to Assessment. It is further provided
that until the ])eveloper, 'its successors and/or assigns, as same as
contemplated by Paragraph 1.8 of the Declaration, has completed all of the
contemplated improvements and closed the sales of all Dwelling Units in the
development, or until the Developer, its successors and/or assigns, as contem-
plated by said Paragraph 1.8, elects to terminate its control of the
development, whichever first shall occur, the Developer, its successors and/or
assigns, as same are contemplated by the aforementioned Paragraph 1.8, and
the Dwelling Units owned by it shall not be subject to assessment as provided
for in the Declaration, but instead shall be assessed and caused to pay the
Association, in lieu thereof, a sum equal to the actual amount of the operating
expenditures for each calendar year, less an amount equal to the total
assessments made by the Association against owners of Dwelling Units other
titan the Developer provided, however, that the Developer shall in no event be
required to pay more per Dwelling Unit than the mnount required to be paid by
any other Dwelling Unit Owner.
6.3.6 ~Coptes. Copies of the budget and proposed assessments shall
be transmitted to each member on or before the first day of December preceding
the year for which the budget is made. If the budget is subsequently
amended, a copy of the amended budget shall be furnished to each member.
Delivery of a copy of any budget or amended budget to each member shall not
affect the liability of any member for any such assessment; neither shah
delivery of a copy of such budget or amended budget be considered as a condi-
tion precedent to the effectiveness of such budget, and assessments levied
pursuant thereto, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as restrict-
ing the right of the Board of Directors, at any time, in its sole discretion to
levy additional assessments in the event that the budget originally adopted shah
appear to be insufficient to pay costs and expenses of operation and manage-
ment, or in the event of emergencies.
6.4 Assessment for Common Expenses. Assessment against the Dwelling
Unit Owne/'s for their share of the common expenses shall be made for the
-7-
calendar year annually in advance, on or before the 20th day of December
preceding the year for which the assessments are made. Such assessments
shall be due in twelve (12) equal monthly installments, on the first day of
January and on the first day of each month thereafter of the year for which
the assessments are made. If an annual assessment is not made as required, an
assessment shall be presumed to have been made in the amount of the last prior
assessment, and monthly installments thereon shall be due upon each installment
payment date until changed by an amended assessment. In the event the
annual assessment proves to be insufficient, the budget and assessments
therefor may be amended at any time by the Board of Directors. The unpaid
assessment for the remaining portion of the calendar year for which the
amended assessment is made shall be due and payable in equal ~nonthly install-
ments for the full months remaining in the assessment year.
6.5 Assessments for Charges. Charges or special assessments by tlie
Association~ Should such be requ~-d by the Board of Directors, shall be levied
in the same manner ss hereinbefore provided for regular assessments and shall
be payable in tl~e manner determined by the Board of Directors.
6.6 Acceleration of Assessment Installment Due Upon Default. If a
Dwelling U~it Owner shK[] be in defauli' m-Th-'Yhe payment-~'i'-~K6-~[h~-ta~nt upon
an assessment, the Board of Directors may accelerate the remaining installments
of the assessment upon notice thereof to the Dwelling Unit Owner and there-
upon, the unpaid balance of the assessment shall come due upon the date stated
in the notice, but not less than .ten (10) days after delivery thereof to the
Dwelling Unit Owner, or not less than twenty (20) days after the mailing of
such notice to him by registered or certified mail, whichever shall first occur.
6.7 Assessments for Emergencies. Assessments for common expenses for
emergencies---~ c~o-t be pa~[--i'~-~m the annual assessments for common
expenses shall be due only after fifteen (15) days notice to the Dwelling Unit
Owners concerned and shall be paid in such manner as the Board of Directors
of the Association may require in the notice of assessment.
6.8 Depository. The depository of the Association s!~ail be such bank or
banks as sha~i be d'~signated from time to time by the directors and in which
the monies of the Association shall be deposited. Withdrawal of monies from
such accounts shah be only' by checks signed by such persons as are autho-
rized by the directors.
6.9 Audit. A review of the accounts of the Association shall be made
annually by a certified public accountant and a copy of the accountant's report
shall be furnished to each member and to any institutional first mortgagee
requesting a copy not later than April 1st of the year following the year for
which the audit is made.
6.10 FideLity Bonds. Fidelity bonds may be required by the Board of'
Directors from ail persons handling or responsible for Association funds. The
amount of such bonds and the sureties shail be determined by the directors.
The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the Association as a common
expense.
6.11 Terminslion of Membership'. The termination of membership in the
Association~--g~'r of deed or otherwise, shall not relieve or release any
such former owner or a member from liability or obligation incurred under or in
any way connected with the Development during the period of such ownership
and membership, or impair any rights or remedies which the Association may
have agalna! such former owner and member arising out of or in any way con-
nected with such ownership and membership and the covenants and obligations
incident thereto.
7. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
As to common areas, the Board of Directors may, from time to time adopt
or amend previously adopted administrative rules and regulations governing the
details of the operation, use, maintenance, management and control of the
common areas of the Development and any facilities or services made available to
the Dwelling Unit Owners. The Board of Directors shall, from time to time,
post in a conspicuous place at the Development, a copy of the rules and
-8-
c) 77_ 8
regulations adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors. In addition,
the Board of Directors may, from time to time, adopt or amend previously
adopted rules and regulations governing and restricting 'the use and
maintenance of the Dwelling Units within the Development provided, however,
that copies of such rules and regulations are furnished to each Dwelling Unit
Owner affected thereby, prior to the time same become effective, and where
'"applicable or desirable, copies thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place.
8. REGISTERS.
8.1 Register of Members. The Secretary of the Association shall main-
tain a re~~~-'~~tion office showing the names and addresses of
members. It shall be the obligation of the individual members to advise the
Secretary of the Association of any change of address and ownership as other-
wise provided. The Association, for purposes of notification, shall have the
right to rely on the last given address of each of the members. A copy of
such register shall be furnished to the Community Association within fifteen
(15) days of request therefor by the Community Association.
8.2 ~_egister of Pledged or Mortgaged Dwelling Units. The Association
shall maintain a suitable register o~ro-~-~h~ recording of pI~-dged or mortgaged
Dwelling Units. Any pledgee or mortgagee of a Dwelling Unit may, but is not
obligated to, notify the Association in writing of the pledge or mortgage. In
the event that a notice of default is given to any member under an applicable
provision of these By-Laws, the Articles of Incorporation or the Declaration, a
copy of such notice shall be mailed to the registered pledgee or mortgagee.
9. AMENDMENTS.
These By-Laws may be amended in the following manner:
9.1 Notice. Notice of the subject matter of a proposed amendment shall
be included-iK-~e notice of any meeting at which a proposed amendment is to
considered.
9.2 Resolution. A resolution adopting a proposed amendment may be
proposed by either the Board of Directors of the Association or by the members
of the Association. Directors and members not present in person or by proxy
at the meeting, considering the amendment may express their approval In
writing, providing such approval is delivered to the Secretary at or prior to
the meeting. Except as elsewhere provided, such approvals must be by either:
9.2.1 Not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the entire
membership of the Board of Directors and by not less than fifty-one percent
(51%) of the votes of the entire membership of the Association; or
9.2.2 By not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the votes of
the entire membership of the Association; or
9.2.3 By all of the directors, 'until the first election of directors.
9.3
against
of Dwell
No ameu
~¥atlon or
9.4
attached
amendmm
of the t
effective
Public R~
9.5
no amen¢
Proviso. Provided, however, that no amendment shall discriminate
hying Unit Owner or against any Dwelling Unit or class or group
ng Units, unless the Dwelling Unit Owners so affected shall consent.
]merit shall be made which is in conflict with the Articles of lncorpo-
the Declaration.
Execution and Recording. A copy of each amendment shall be
to--~~flEate certifying [hat the amendment was duly adopted as an
~t of the By-Laws, which certificate shah be executed by the officers
~ssociation with the formalities of a deed. The amendment shall be
when such certificate and s copy of the amendment are recorded in the
;cords of Palm Beach County, Florida.
Developer. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article,
[men---f- ot~1 ~Ii~se By-Laws may be adopted or become effective prior to the
relinquishment of control of the Association by the Developer, without the prior
written consent of the Developer.
-9-
10 REAL PROPERTY TAXES.
The real property taxes assessed on each Dwelling Unit· including any
improvements thereon, shall be a separate expense of the individual Dwelling
Unit Owners. The property taxes assessed on the lands comprising the common
areas, including any improvements thereon, however· shall constitute a common
expense to be paid in the manner set forth above.
~.~ 11. PARLIAMENTARY RULES.
Robert's Rules of Order (latest edition) shall govern the conduct of Asso-
ciation meetings when not in conflict with the Declaration· the Articles of Incor-
poration or these By-Laws.
12. MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1 Whenever the context so permits, tile use of the singular shall
include the plural and the plural shall include the singular, and the use of any
gender shall include all genders.
12.2 Should any of the covenants herein imposed be void or become unen-
forceable at law or in equity, the remaining provisions of the instruments shall,
nevertheless, be and remain in full force and effect.
12.3 If any irreconcilable conflict should exist or hereafter arise, with
respect to the interpretation of these By-Laws and the provisions of the Decla-
ration, the Declaration shall govern.
12.4 Corporation and Association are used synonymously herein.
The foregoing was adopted as the By-Laws of Quail Run Master
Association, Inc., a Florida corporation not-for-profit, at the first meeting of
tile Board of Directors on the day of , 198 .
· Secretary
(CORPORATE SEAL)
APPROVED:
, PresFd[ent
26/QLW
-10-
RECORD VERIFIED
PALM BEACH COUNTY. FLA.
JOttN B. OUNKLE
CLERK CIRCUIT COURT